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Peer reviewedCarter, Michael A. – Clearing House, 1995
Notes four strategies that will almost certainly result in losing a school bond election, then discusses four strategies that increase the probability of passage. (SR)
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Issues
Peer reviewedKastory, Richard C.; Harrington, Susan J. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1996
A poll of 1,933 voters in two counties that passed school bonds and two that did not examines voter perceptions toward school bonds. The factors linked to passage were that the number of students was growing, that most students would benefit, and that the dollar amount of the bond issue was reasonable. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bond Issues, Counties, Educational Finance
Download full textWandschneider, Philip; And Others – 1982
Intended for local municipal officials and their advisors on public finance issues, this publication describes the legal environment surrounding bonds and examines some of the factors affecting the political feasibility of bond issues. Four categories of state controls of municipal bonds are discussed: limits on the amount of debt municipalities…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Community Attitudes, Community Development, Decision Making
Peer reviewedJennings, Robert E.; Milstein, Mike M. – Education and Urban Society, 1973
Analyzes citizens' attitudes and opinions related to community decision-making about education in balloting on financial propositions for schools, pursuing the background to the current phenomenon of decreased voter support of finance propositions and increased financial need of school districts. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Educational Attitudes, Local Issues, Political Attitudes
Fielder, Donald J. – American School Board Journal, 1995
Describes organizational and planning strategies used to convince voters in the Park City (Utah) School District to approve two bond referendums. Offers 10 suggestions for conducting a successful school-bond campaign. (LMI)
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Change Strategies, Educational Finance, Elections
King, D. Brian – 1998
This study identifies successful election strategies employed by community colleges in bond issues or tax levy increase elections, and distills these strategies into a list of principles or rules that can be utilized by colleges in preparing for such an event. Results of case studies conducted at Maricopa (Arizona), Santa Monica (California), and…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Community Colleges, Community Support, Educational Finance
PDF pending restorationJones, J. William – 1977
This book is about successful bond issues and levy campaigns. While no one campaign blueprint works everywhere, there are certain definite components to almost every successful school finance election. These components are the product of a carefully planned political process. Successful campaigns are based on some givens that must be in evidence…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bond Issues, Budgets, Citizen Participation
