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Michel Grosz; Ross T. Milton – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
We study a California policy that loosened constraints on some local governments by lowering the share of votes required to pass school capital improvement bond referendums. We show that the policy change yielded larger tax proposals that received less support from voters, yet led to a doubling of approved spending. We show that this effect is…
Descriptors: Elections, School Districts, Educational Finance, Voting
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
Public school facilities primarily serve an educational role, and they also serve a civic role as voting places and emergency shelters. School districts collectively spend tens of billions of dollars each year on facilities construction needs at the nearly 100,000 K-12 public schools nationwide. About half (an estimated 54 percent) of public…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Facilities, School Districts, Kindergarten
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Satterlee, Donna J.; Molavi, Jeffrey M.; Williams, Mark E. – SAGE Open, 2015
The integration of environmental policies with political support for action on these policies is of prime significance for mobilization and progression of improving indoor environments. However, state licensing agencies and local county ordinances for child care centers do not universally follow these policies and standards. As a result, most…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Physical Environment, Guidelines