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Direct linkVerstegen, Deborah A.; Jordan, Teresa S. – Journal of Education Finance, 2009
This overview provides a synthesis of a comprehensive survey of school finance programs in the 50 states conducted in 2006-07. Information was provided by chief state school finance officers or persons with expertise in a state's public school funding-allocation system. Brief descriptions of the major Pre-K-12 funding formulae, district-based…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Trends
Grob, Ueli; Wolter, Stefan C. – Education Economics, 2007
Demographic change in industrial countries will influence educational spending in potentially two ways. On the one hand, the decline in the number of school-age children should alleviate the financial pressure. On the other hand, the theoretical/empirical literature has established that the concomitantly increasing proportion of elderly in the…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Public Education, Educational Finance, Finance Reform
Peer reviewedNoe, Roger C. – Journal of Education Finance, 1986
Reviews formula funding in higher education literature, including purpose, historical perspectives, definition and development, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, and future trends. In light of citizen demands, the formula approach seems the best method to ensure a satisfactory relationship between state government and state…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, Higher Education
Download full textSpence, David S. – 1978
Current formula funding practices in the South and implications for the future are analyzed. Formula funding systems are used in 12 of the 14 states belonging to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Changes that have occurred in the formulas of each state since 1973-74 are described. Data from 1977-78 academic year are compared to the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Educational Finance, Financial Policy
Fonte, Richard – 1985
This two-part report provides an analysis of the current funding formula for Illinois community colleges, financing recommendations, and an overview and analysis of national trends in state financing of public higher education. Part I begins with a discussion of community college funding in Illinois, followed by an overview of five external trends…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Planning
Dickeson, Robert C. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2004
One of the most critical issues affecting higher education access today is the rising cost of going to college. Symptoms of the trend include dramatic increases in tuition and fees, reduced state higher education budgets, declines in the purchasing power of student grant aid, increasing student debt burdens and heightened demand for institutional…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Higher Education, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas
