Over the past 40 years, performance-based funding has become a common tool of state legislatures to hold institutions accountable for student outcomes. Performance funding allocates state money to institutions based on a specific set of measures. However, states vary in the measures they select, methods for determining funding allocations, and the…

The entire financial and administrative responsibility for providing public higher education in India rests with the States. (Author/PG)

Discusses higher education's financial problems with state legislatures. (Author/PG)

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS DEVELOPED FROM MATERIALS FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING SOURCES--EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, PRIVATE LIBRARIES, NEW MEXICO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FINANCE. THE 83 ENTRIES, WHICH RANGE IN DATE FROM 1922 TO 1967, INCLUDE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, PERIODICAL ARTICLES,…

This revenue study is based on Fiscal Year 2010-11 (FY11) data for each of 30 selected states plus the District of Columbia (D.C.). Traditional school districts and public charter schools were analyzed and aggregated "statewide." For each state, one to three "focus areas" were selected based on larger concentrations of charter…

New York State provides aid to local schools in a way that is unfair to the neediest school districts with high educational needs or low property wealth. Proposed in this policy brief is a new formula for state aid based on a comprehensive educational cost index and a school performance index that reflects an average passing rate on the new…

This study examines the Illinois General Assembly's role in state finance and focuses on how the legislature can best control the scope and limits of state finance. The report is divided into four sections. The first section introduces the language of the appropriations process and the techniques of control applied to that process. The second…

The first portion of this report deals with the sources and amounts of operating income for the Ohio schools during the past five years. The second part examines the past three Ohio General Assemblies' (109th through 111th) educational mandates by basic areas. The legislation cited has varying levels of cost impact from the very major to the…

Discusses the effect of recent court decisions on the role of the state in school support. (JF)

Alaskans are increasingly dissatisfied with the performance of their schools. Many students are poorly educated, have low self-esteem, and suffer other social problems. The Alaskan Joint House-Senate Committee on School Performance was created to set priorities for ways to improve school performance. The committee was guided by three basic…

This report describes and evaluates the record of reform in several states that have revised their school finance systems since 1971. The introductory chapter provides an overview of reform's recent successes, shortcomings, and prospects. Six subsequent chapters offer a close look at its main features. Chapters 2 and 3 analyze new school aid…

Purpose: Charter schools are unique public schools in part because this type of school can close if it fails to meet objectives set forth by the chartering body that approved it. Thus far, however, little research has been conducted into the causes of charter school closures. In this article, we examine charter school accountability. Research…

A basic objective of this study has been to look beyond statistical details of state aid programs to broader questions concerning the limitations, strategies, and impact of such programs in restoring a more effective role to private colleges and universities in the total national enterprise of higher education. Chapter 2 and Appendix A comprise…

The term "school finance" refers to the levying of taxes to obtain revenue for our public elementary and secondary schools. For most people it brings to mind the local property tax, teacher salaries, and, perhaps, some personal memories of their own experiences in the schools. For state legislators school finance brings to mind the…

This report addresses financial problems faced by the four medical schools belonging to the State University of New York (SUNY) which operate their own teaching hospitals and conduct graduate medical education (GME) programs. These hospitals necessarily have higher costs than do nonteaching hospitals. Prior to 1997, the higher costs were absorbed…