Gratts Elementary School, a K-5 facility in central Los Angeles, California, was under construction when additional state funding became available for school districts building in urban environments. Some of these funds were used to add a computer network. (MLF)

The second of two articles addresses recent school finance litigation raised in five states. These decisions appear to have strengthened the concept of education as a state responsibility, so much so that the likelihood of significant reversal toward increased local autonomy appears to be improbable. (MLF)

In Connecticut programs and services vary greatly from district to district; these variations are caused mainly by wide disparities in local tax contributions that affect state aid distribution. This study shows a marginal relationship among some selected financial variables and organizational health characteristics of randomly selected high…

Describes research that examined several variables, including the geographic placement of states, that might explain fluctuations in state governments' apparent willingness to fund public libraries. Tables summarizing state aid are appended, and accompanying maps provide pictorial testimony to the behavior of states on selected library and…

Present educational reforms in New York are traced in this article. Fiscal impact and local response are described, future reform needs are identified, and the process of reform politics is discussed. Statewide monitoring and data analysis are identified as remaining problems. (JD)

School districts often face unevenly timed state aid and property tax disbursements. As a result, they issue a large volume of short-term, tax-exempt cash-flow operating notes. Offers details about why school districts need to issue notes and discusses the increasing trend of pooled note issues. (MLF)

Summarizes arguments for and against replacing the local school property tax by a local school income tax. Explores the empirical effects of such policies for New York State. Using a 3% income tax and refashioning state aid to a foundation level of $8,068 per pupil would not require substantial new state revenues. (38 footnotes) (MLH)

Paper examines the transfer of an independent secondary school in Ontario to a public board as an alternate public school, concluding that the transition changed the original school goals and disappointed those who wished to use alternate school status to maintain Protestant religious schools as part of public education. (SM)

Discusses the roles and responsibilities of federal and state governments in providing funding for rural public libraries. Highlights include historical background, the Library Services Act and the Library Services and Construction Act, various types of state aid, and a model state plan in Pennsylvania. (LRW)

A trend away from state support of university research with commercial potential is noted, because of state budget restraints, changes in political leadership, and the belief that support of university research is not an efficient way to help businesses and create jobs. Cuts in specific programs in Virginia, Illinois, Texas, Kansas, and Nebraska…

Assesses distributive effects of state subsidies to undergraduate education in Illinois public universities and community colleges during 1989. The existing system of public subsidy to undergraduate education favors lower- and middle-income groups earning less than $40,000 yearly. Middle-income groups are major beneficiaries of community colleges.…

Provides a further examination of nonresidential expanded tax base (ETB) approaches to school finance. Disagrees with Townsend's optimism that more equitable distribution formulas can be found in existing state aid systems, and with Townsend's concern that the specification of distribution formulas will be subject to political manipulation.…

South Carolina has instituted a system of accountability linked to funding for its public colleges; it includes six measures of faculty, six measures of graduate preparedness to succeed, and five measures of instructional quality. The practice has transformed the way the institution operates, but some educators question the fairness and…

Examines how states are handling aged, overcrowded, and obsolete school facilities. Includes interviews with the directors of facility programs in Arizona, Ohio, and West Virginia to see what works and what doesn't work in state-run programs that seek to strike a balance between state money and local control. (GR)

Using data for 428 individual campuses in 50 states, this article shows that state government funding and tuition and fees at state universities depend on both political and economic factors. State aid varies according to interest group size and universities' ability to confront state government. (Contains 36 references.) (MLH)