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Direct linkCavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2011
A year ago, Republicans piled up record victories in state elections on promises that they would keep taxes low and cut government spending--including money going to education. Now, elected officials and other partisans are laying the foundation for arguments they will take to the electorate next year that depict the cuts delivered by many…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Elections, Collective Bargaining, Taxes
Freeman, Christopher – Library Journal, 2008
According to the results of LJ's latest annual referenda survey, covering measures held between December 1, 2006, and November 30, 2007, voters approved both operating and building referenda at very high rates. If a library reported a referendum this year, chances are they are in high spirits. Operating referenda, with 69% of measures succeeding,…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Budgets, Resource Allocation, Libraries
Download full textZeman, Gail M. – School Business Affairs, 2009
Ipswich, with about 2,200 students, is one of the many school districts in Massachusetts. Ipswich is governed by an open town meeting at which every registered voter may speak and vote. Budgets in Ipswich are highly detailed public documents in which every salary, classroom, and operating expenditure is identified. The budget book provides…
Descriptors: School Administration, Public Education, Educational Finance, Voting
Gold, Anne Marie – Library Journal, 2007
If one wanted to win a library election in 2006, what would have been the mythical perfect referenda? For building referenda, the sweet spot was hit with measures over $10 million, on a ballot sometime between September and December, with no other items on the ballot, in a general election, for a library serving a population under 100,000. For the…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Financial Support, Library Administration, Budgets
Owings, William A.; Kaplan, Leslie S. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
The educators who have the most visible position in the school community are principals. Superintendents and school board members stand out in the crowd, but the public tends to see principals as the credible source of how budgets will filter to the classroom level and ultimately benefit children for life. In other words, the public believes that…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Public Education, Living Standards, Principals
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2008
This publication brings together much of the information one might need to develop a broad understanding of how public and private higher education institutions serve the people of Washington and about the important role higher education plays in developing the state's society, economy, and future. The most often-asked questions about…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Tables (Data), Enrollment, College Role
