Child care subsidies help low-income families work and leave welfare, but funding shortfalls are forcing states to enact restrictive policies that are hurting poor families and efforts to promote their employment and earnings. The Administration?s recently proposed FY 2005 budget would make this situation even worse, causing 447,000 children…

Article examined the remedies available to states in the wake of Serrano and its progeny. As well, it analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of "district power equalizing" and "full state assumption" as alternative methods of financing schools. (Editor/RK)

There is federal, state, and private money available to support educational, occupational and service programs, but to secure this money the knowledge and perseverance of the funding proposal writer are needed. (Editor/PG)

Discusses the impact of a state's political system on its institutions of higher education. (Author)

Discusses Minnesota's recent tax reform legislation which provides for increased state financing of education. (JF)

Discusses the California Supreme Court decision in Serrano v. Priest relating to the financing of local school systems through general property tax. (RJ)

Five State courts have handed down decisions which may have nation-wide impact on the manner in which tax revenues are raised and allocated for public education. (DM)

Examines legal, economic, and social effects of programs designed to provide public funds for education. (Author)

A representative sampling of school board members in 50 States shows that 71 percent are against any State aid for parochial schools. (MF)

Examines number of counselors employed, sources of financial support, professional background, certification, and state standards in the fifty states and four territories. (Author)

The committee recommends reducing local property taxes by replacing such revenue with a personal income tax, a uniform statewide property tax at a rate of $1 per $100 of true value, less sales tax exemptions, increased corporation taxes, and a number of smaller revenue items. Key provision calls for basic funding of schools by the State. (Editor)

Presents the full text of the landmark case that found the method of financing public education in California in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. (JF)

Contains the full text of the Texas case finding that the current method of funding public education in that State violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. (JF)

Presents the full text of the Minnesota case that found the method of financing public education in that State to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. (JF)