A careful study of the new law makes it clear that while State school programs are not designated beneficiaries of the legislation, in some ways education may be influenced just as profoundly as if they were. (Author/JN)

The new concept in federal aid called special educational revenue sharing'' is a misnomer; the six proposals put before the last Congress do not entail new grants but rather a rearrangement of existing categorical grants. (Author)

Revenue sharing is not a matter of the States asking the federal government to solve their problems. (Author/JN)

Presents the results of a study conducted to determine the allocation of general revenue sharing funds to libraries from 1973 through 1977 and to estimate the impact of these funds on library budgets around the country. Data are summarized in 6 tables and a reference list is included. (Author/JL)

Discusses public library revenues as a reflection of the general economic cycle during the 1980s. Public library expenditures and total local government expenditures from 1966 to 1990 are examined; percentage increases in library spending are compared with other specific city and county expenditures; and academic versus public library funding is…

Background information and an analysis of issues involved in the funding of a network of new regional educational laboratories are presented. The new laboratories are to be established through a 1984 competition administered by the National Institute of Education (NIE). The information is designed to assist the Study Group on Regional Laboratories…

The impact of and justification for using federal grants to carry out national policies in education is explored in this document. The paper opens by noting that the locally-made decisions typical of our federal system of government do not always take into account such national interests as those in increasing equality of opportunity, providing…

While accepting the probable inevitability of revenue sharing, this article questions whether--at least for youth manpower programs--we are ready for such a system; there is reason to believe that its introduction as proposed at this time would be premature. (Author/JM)

The stated purpose of this paper is to attempt to look at financial management from a black perspective; four main sections are included--the legacy of black financial management, the nature and need of a common financial management system, the primacy of the dollar in public management programming, and some special problem areas. (Author/JM)

This paper discusses the current state of fiscal relations between the federal, state and local governments in the United States and suggests directions for improvement. The significant degree of fiscal autonomy of the states and, to a lesser extent, of local governments has had several beneficial effects, including the responsiveness of public…

Eight years of school finance under New Jersey governor Brendan Byrne is analyzed. The author suggests the new governor will face the same problems Byrne faced eight years ago: a legal challenge to the state's system of funding schools, and a large hole in the state budget. (KC)

The Madison, Perry, and Painesville Township school districts in northeastern Ohio pooled their resources and ran a joint tax levy campaign in 1990. The districts also developed a formula to distribute new tax revenues on an equalized per pupil basis. The Perry nuclear power plant was the key to the financing district's success. (MLH)

Neither a special revenue sharing plan for education nor the present general revenue sharing plan after which it might be patterned can remove current inequities and fiscal disparities among school districts. Suggests that federal or State aid patterns must include in their distribution plans a consideration of fiscal capacities, expenditure and…

Submitted to the U.S. Senate by the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, this report on the Rural Development Act of 1972 contains the following: (1) Brief Explanation of the Bill (Titles I-VII); (2) Statements on the Need for Rural Development and Rural Development Credit and Investment; (3) Titles I-VII (presented via a short explanation, a…

Divides the history of educational federalism into three eras: (1) Presidential Federalism (from the Constitution's enactment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1958); (2) Congressional Federalism (from ESEA until Reagan's election); and (3) Gubernatorial Federalism (the 1980's). Federal aid to education has been reduced,…