Author: Education Policy Research InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The Distributional Effects of Alternative Federal Formulas to Promote Intrastate School Finance Equity
Author: Education Policy Research InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309173957
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Spending on K-12 education across the United States and across local school districts has long been characterized by great disparitiesâ€"disparities that reflect differences in property wealth and tax rates. For more than a quarter-century, reformers have attempted to reduce these differences through court challenges and legislative action. As part of a broad study of education finance, the committee commissioned eight papers examining the history and consequences of school finance reform undertaken in the name of equity and adequacy. This thought-provoking, timely collection of papers explores such topics as: What do the terms "equity" and "adequacy" in school finance really mean? How are these terms relevant to the politics and litigation of school finance reform? What is the impact of court-ordered school finance reform on spending disparities? How do school districts use money from finance reform? What policy options are available to states facing new challenges from court decisions mandating adequacy in school finance? When measuring adequacy, how do you consider differences in student needs and regional costs?
Making Money Matter
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309172888
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The United States annually spends over $300 billion on public elementary and secondary education. As the nation enters the 21st century, it faces a major challenge: how best to tie this financial investment to the goal of high levels of achievement for all students. In addition, policymakers want assurance that education dollars are being raised and used in the most efficient and effective possible ways. The book covers such topics as: Legal and legislative efforts to reduce spending and achievement gaps. The shift from "equity" to "adequacy" as a new standard for determining fairness in education spending. The debate and the evidence over the productivity of American schools. Strategies for using school finance in support of broader reforms aimed at raising student achievement. This book contains a comprehensive review of the theory and practice of financing public schools by federal, state, and local governments in the United States. It distills the best available knowledge about the fairness and productivity of expenditures on education and assesses options for changing the finance system.
Federalism, Equity, and the Distribution of Federal Education Grants
Author: Stephen M. BarroPublisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Property Tax, School Funding Dilemma
Author: Daphne A. KenyonPublisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
ISBN: 9781558441682
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
States experiencing taxpayer revolts among homeowners are tempted to reduce reliance on the property tax to fund schools. But a more targeted approach can provide property tax relief and improve state funding for public education. This policy focus report includes a comprehensive review of recent research on both property tax and school funding, and summarizes case studies of seven states-- California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio and Texas. The majority of these states are heavily reliant on property tax revenues to fund schools. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution, the report recommends addressing property taxes and school funding separately.
School Finance
Author: Walter I. GarmsPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
An Analysis of Fiscal Policy Alternatives for Serving Special Populations in Vocational Education
Author: L. Allen PhelpsPublisher:
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Category : Vocational education
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Role of Issue Networks in State Agenda-setting
Author: Michael W. KirstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic policy
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Inequalities in Public School District Revenues
Author: Thomas ParrishPublisher: Department of Education Office of Educational
ISBN: 9780160496523
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This report examines variations between school districts and across the states in the quantities of the various types of revenues received for educational programs and services. It builds on some of the analysis techniques introduced in an earlier National Center for Education Statistics publication, "Disparities in Public School Spending" (1995). While that report focused primarily on public school expenditures for the 1989-90 school year, this report provides detailed information about how much money is received through alternative funding sources at the federal, state, and local levels for different types of students, districts, and communities for the 1991-92 school year. Many of these funding sources are categorical in nature, that is, generated for specific reasons or designated for specific purposes. The revenue measures are matched to important school district characteristics such as the percentage of children in poverty, the percentage of minority children, and wealth. Data come from the 1992 Survey of Local Government Finances and other databases. The lowest poverty and lowest percent minority districts have substantially more actual general education revenues than their higher poverty and percent minority counterparts, but the opposite is true for categorical revenues. For Chapter 1 (renamed Title 1 in the 1994 reauthorization), revenues per target student are greatest in the lowest, as well as the highest, poverty districts. Comparable results are found for state counterparts. Overall, findings from this report illustrate the relative importance of concerns related to interstate, as well as intrastate, equity from the perspective of the child. Children in low equity, but high revenue states, such as New York and Vermont, appear to be much better off in terms of the quantities of educational services received than those in highly equitable, but relatively low revenue states like Kentucky. Implications are discussed. Five appendixes provide supplemental information for variables of interest, technical notes, and definitions of key terms. (Contains 41 figures, 73 tables, and 41 references.) (SLD)