As this report's introduction shows, the New York State commitment to elementary and secondary education has increased state assistance by $3.2 billion (65 percent), from $4.88 billion in 1983-84 to $8.09 billion in 1988-89. School districts also increased local tax revenues almost $2.5 billion, so that total local expenditures increased about…

Compared here is the cost of year-round education (YRE) with that of traditional education in the Oxnard (California) School District in 1981-82. Three approaches were used. The first computes the YRE program costs during the summer when the traditional school is not in session, revealing that an 850-student YRE school incurs $39,299 in costs…

In this report, educational expenditures in New York State are compared with those in states having similar socioeconomic characteristics: California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Following an overview section, section 2 contains overall school cost comparisons. In 1975-76, New York spent $1,899 per pupil for public elementary…

This document presents national comparisons of higher education support on the following criteria: (1) the tax support obtained from local taxing districts as well as state appropriations, (2) the proportion of each state's population enrolled in the state's higher education institutions, (3) the proportion of total student population in each…

This report is an analysis, by nationally accepted classification, of current operating revenue and expenditures for the West Virginia state system of higher education for fiscal year 1973-74. Data are presented for total operating revenue expenditures, regular educational and general revenue and expenditures, percentage distribution of regular…

This document presents a model for predicting (1) school district spending per pupil, and (2) the effect of alternative forms of school aid. Constrained maximization equations take account of (1) real expenditure per pupil; (2) real school taxes, income taxes, and nonschool property taxes per household; and (3) homeowner's proportion of property…

THE COSTS OF TECHNICAL PROCESSING WITHIN A COOPERATIVE LIBRARY CENTER SERVING A NUMBER OF MEMBER LIBRARIES WERE COMPARED WITH COMBINED COSTS OF OTHER NONMEMBER INSTITUTIONS. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE COST PER MEMBER LIBRARY IN A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM FOR A GIVEN QUALITY OF TECHNICAL PROCESSING WOULD BE LESS THAN THE COST OF SIMILAR TECHNICAL…

Using state-level panel data, this study estimates a simple achievement function in the fixed-effects format to explore further the nexus between school expenditure and student achievement in the United States. Five main points are noted. First, the effect of per-pupil expenditure is positive and carries high statistical significance in some…

In July 1984, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board began its "Measurement Focus/Basis of Accounting" project, which addresses measurement issues and revenue and expenditure recognition problems involving governmental funds. This article explains the project's background, alternatives discussed by the board, and tentative…

An open-minded bibliography on cost techniques for libraries is included. (19 references) (Author/NH)

The viewpoint of the library magazine subscription agency is emphasized in this article on the libraries' acquisition of periodicals. (MM)

This paper examines whether initial asset distribution affects the composition of government expenditure on education. Using a cross-section of developing countries, it is found that a country's initial asset inequality is positively and significantly associated with the ratio of tertiary education expenditure to government education expenditure,…

This publication details the institutional goals, objectives, and strategies of public universities in Arkansas as related to their appropriations requests. It also provides operating and capital recommendations of the Arkansas Public Higher Education Coordinating Board for 2011-2013 biennium for each institution. (Contains 10 tables.) [For Volume…