This report contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1998. The data were collected through the State Library Agencies (STLA) Survey, the product of a cooperative effort between the Chief Offices of State Library Agencies, the United States National Commission on Libraries and…

This set of fiscal reports contains: (1) "Summary of Current Funds, Revenues by Source in Institutions of Higher Education, New York State, Fiscal Year Ending 1995"; (2) "Summary of Current Funds, Expenditures and Mandatory Transfers by Function in Institutions of Higher Education, New York State, Fiscal Year Ending 1995"; (3)…

This report provides financial data on Oakton Community College for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998. The report is divided into four parts: (1) the introductory section, which includes letters from school officials, an organization chart, and a copy of a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting earned in 1997; (2) the…

This report examines shifts in the amount and composition of school spending growth over the 1991-96 period by analyzing expenditures in nine representative urban and suburban school districts. Major findings are: (1) the share of spending on regular education is shrinking; (2) special education funding grew to 19.0% of all school spending; (3)…

This study compared the cost and effectiveness of residential schools for students with hearing and visual impairments to the education of these students in Mississippi's local public school districts. To compare the service providers, the study first calculated annual costs per student at the residential schools and per student with hearing and…

This study examines the debt of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients in light of their financial circumstances in 1997, approximately 4 years after they earned their degrees. First, it reviews the amount they borrowed as undergraduates, including amounts borrowed through student loan programs, from parents, and from other private sources. It also…

In the effort to improve essential components of the Basic Education Program (BEP), the General Assembly has adopted legislation directing the BEP Review Committee to perform a comprehensive review of the funding formula, identifying needed revisions, additions, or deletions. This year, through a series of full-day meetings, the committee has…

The Public Accounts of Alberta are prepared in accordance with the Financial Administration Act and the "Government Accountability Act." The Public Accounts consist of the annual report of the Government of Alberta and the annual reports of each of the 24 ministries. The annual report of the Government of Alberta released June 26, 2006…

This report contains statistics concerning schools and classes for blind pupils for the year 1926-27. Reports are included for 80 schools and institutions. Data concerning sight-saving classes are not included where it is possible to separate them from data concerning classes for the blind. For schools that failed to report, statistics for a…

Author explored several aspects of school finance and offered some concepts for consideration. (Author/RK)

The practical realities of the cost squeeze are discussed in relation to some of the lessons learned by Ontario school boards over the past few years. (Author)

Predictions about shifting support levels of local, State, and Federal governments. (Author)

Reports on budgets for and expenditures by school library media centers (fiscal year 1982/83) in 1,179 public and 72 private schools. Tables highlight distribution of respondents; expenditures and collection size; comparison of private and public school media centers; school enrollment; district level library media coordinators; microcomputers;…

Using three determinants of equity--disparity, wealth neutrality, and sufficiency--this study examines public school financing in four Canadian provinces (Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick) to find whether equity as defined in the United States has been achieved and what the state role has been. (JW)

Reports the results of a study measuring the equity of Pennsylvania's school finance system following the state's school finance reform of 1977. Uses a measure of actual instructional expense to compile data for a three-year period, and identifies two equity standards--equalization and fiscal neutrality--as bases for measurement. (JW)