The Early Childhood Block Grant (ECBG) distributes state funding for preschool and birth-to-three programs in Illinois. The authors conducted a case study in Evanston, a city in north Cook County, Illinois, interviewing community representatives and analyzing ECBG program data to discern how ECBG funds are used to provide early childhood services.…

This handbook is designed to share successful, creative ideas and proven methods for fund raising at the elementary school level. Suggestions are based on the author's personal experience as a PTA fund raiser and on interviews conducted nationwide with people involved in fund raising. Following the acknowledgements and preface, the introduction…

Author describes with some winning practical advice, how schools can run successful campaigns for referenda. (GB)

Describes the local financing of the vocational agriculture program at East Butler School in Nebraska. In addition, the article provides guidelines that must be followed when planning a local budget. (LRA)

This document presents the results of a Forum study of local financial support of schools. The primary objective was to devise a yardstick to measure the local effort in a way useful to both citizens and policymakers. Data on property wealth for each of the 140 local school systems in North Carolina were developed. School systems making the…

Reviews three options for closing the financial resource gap in education, including reduction, efficient operation, and mobilization of additional resources. Suggests that pressure for private funding may be counterproductive. Examines the complicated potential of community financing which requires collective authority and some form of community…

Despite widespread support for out-of-school time programs, many of these programs rely on time-limited core funding and struggle to find new funds to sustain their programs and initiatives as initial grants expire. This report provides concrete tips and examines ways out-of-school time initiative leaders have succeeded in replacing initial seed…

Strategies for community management and financing of educational systems in developing countries are presented in this book, which is the outcome of a Commonwealth Secretariat workshop and associated studies. Part 1 deals with preliminary issues such as different types of communities and schools and reasons for community support. Part 2 provides…

THE STUDY DEALT WITH THE BENEFITS FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION TO PEOPLE OTHER THAN STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS. THE INVESTIGATION WAS A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY INCLUDED (1) METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES, (2) SOCIAL BENEFITS FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND (3) PARTICULAR BENEFITS AND THEIR…

THIS STUDY DEVELOPED AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL SPILLOVERS, HAND-IN-HAND WITH A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE CONCEPTS OF COSTS AND BENEFITS ARISING FROM PUBLIC SUPPORT OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. EMPHASIS WAS ON WAYS IN WHICH SPILLOVERS MAY AFFECT LOCAL DECISION-MAKING. ABSTRACT CONCEPTS WERE DEVELOPED AND APPLIED TO…

This guide is intended to help local, state, and national literacy program staff in their attempts to develop corporate funding for their activities. Part I discusses the role of direct corporate giving in the national philanthropic context, as well as patterns and forms of corporate giving. Part II gives guidelines on how to prepare for and…

At Prince George's Community College (PGCC) in Largo, Maryland, a number of environmental and revenue changes in the 1980's resulted in complex political issues for the college. Changes in the county's black population (from 14% in 1970 to 51% in 1990) meant that the faculty's composition no longer reflected the diversity of the student…

Maryland community colleges receive financial support from both the state and their local jurisdiction, as well as from student charges and other income from operations and investments. The proportion of local aid varies considerably across jurisdictions. A study was conducted at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) to measure local support…

This book explores the problems and issues of secondary-school financing in developing countries. It outlines the rationale for expanding secondary education, investigates under what conditions it might be possible to do so at sustainable cost levels, presents case studies of secondary-school financing, and offers policy recommendations. The first…

In a study of the critical factors affecting local decision making on school fiscal policy, socioeconomic factors, educational leadership, and community power structure were related to one another and to local financial effort in relation to ability. The study included 122 school districts of 20,000 population and above located in the states of…