The purpose of this paper is to review briefly the major federal and state cases dealing with fiscal equalization in state school support programs and to discuss, in depth, the conflicting rulings in the state courts, with particular attention given to the problems created by use of the "thorough and efficient" concept in Robinson v.…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate present provisions for the financing of school transportation in Tennessee. It includes the following: (1) an analysis of variations among Tennessee districts in the per pupil costs of transportation, (2) an evaluation of the factors that cause variations in per pupil costs that are beyond the control of…

The changing relationship between state legislatures and universities is cause for concern. State governments are aware of their fading influence on universities and are making increasingly critical assessments of their educational programs. Their contributions to budgets of public colleges and universities increased between 1954 and 1964, but the…

An interesting econometric problem is to decide whether any given state in the budget process is an example of the political or the bureaucratic model of budgeting. The current paper presents a method of deciding this question and then uses it to study local governmental spending on education. The method is based on the important difference…

A few diagrams containing data for 1973 and 1974 have been added to this latest edition of the 1972 financial statistics for Canadian elementary and secondary education. Otherwise, however, the report has not undergone any major modifications. The booklet consists of two parts. The first part examines the highlights of the report, while the second…

This document presents an independent evaluation study of the 87 grants awarded in fiscal year 1972-73 by the California State Department of Education and the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges, under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. It describes the context of the projects which were awarded grants, including the…

What is the actual distribution of federal financial aid funds across states to students with different characteristics attending various types of institutions? This document presents an effective means of organizing these extensive data in a way that is useful for evaluating the distribution of current federal programs and for estimating changes…

Several major reasons for municipal overburden have been identified by authorities. These include the following: (1) it is more expensive to provide public services in urban areas; (2) the socioeconomic characteristics of urban residents place heavy demands on municipal services; (3) city tax bases are failing to keep pace with increasing costs;…

The Texas Foundation School Program, popularly known as the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP), is a very complex approach to school finance. It provides basic assistance in three areas--minimum salaries, operating allowances, and transportation--and additional assistance in two others--vocational education and special education. The state pays…

The deficiencies of five traditionally black institutions are examined in an attempt to remedy those deficiencies. Examined are: general institutional characteristics, financial and physical resources, capital, physical facilities, students, faculty and administration, academic programs, libraries, and computing resources. The principal conclusion…

Public attitudes toward financing public education from state and federal sources, voucher systems, and value added taxes are analyzed using responses from the Gallup polls, 1969 to 1974. The results show that the public will not accept increases in local property taxes or increases in federal expenditures beyond present levels. Voucher systems…

The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation was established in 1965 by the General Assembly for the purpose of awarding grants and guaranteeing loans to Vermont students. Many students with exceptional ability fail to see the possibility of postsecondary education as a reality because of economic barriers placed on them throughout their adolescent…

Raising adequate revenues for educational support has become a problem in many of the nation's school systems, but hardest hit are big-city and urban systems. This crisis exists because cities cannot support educational services with available tax resources, because urban educational costs are higher than those in the suburbs, and because cities…

After noting that only 43.6 percent of the dollar value of school bond issues submitted to U.S. voters was approved during 1968-69, the author discusses various State grant and loan school construction programs. Alternatives to, and suggestions for, financing public school construction, as well as guidelines for developing State capital outlay…

In this brief report on higher education in the state, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission recommends that: (1) the state continue to increase college opportunities and provide higher education for the same percentage of youth as the national average by 1975; (2) public institutions be prepared to cope with vast increases in enrollment; (3)…