State Pupil Transportation Funding: Equity and Efficiency.

Zeitlin, Laurie S.

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ERIC Number: EJ406864

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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State Pupil Transportation Funding: Equity and Efficiency.

Zeitlin, Laurie S.

School Business Affairs, v56 n4 p20-25 Apr 1990

Explores the influences state departments of education have on the cost and quality of pupil transportation. Evaluates the following state funding methodologies: (1) actual costs incurred; (2) a flat rate per unit; or (3) a multivariate calculation in providing service efficiently and equitably between districts. (MLF)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Equity (Finance), Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Policy, Resource Allocation, School Buses, State Departments of Education, State Standards, Student Transportation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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