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Bowers, Alex J.; Lee, Jooyoung – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2013
Purpose: Across the United States, a large percentage of school districts are in need of facility improvements to provide safe and adequate buildings to facilitate student learning. To finance new construction, school districts traditionally have put proposals before local voters to fund construction through issuing long-term bonds to finance…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Facilities, Bond Issues, Longitudinal Studies
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Bowers, Alex J.; Metzger, Scott Alan; Militello, Matthew – Educational Policy, 2010
This study investigates parameters affecting the likelihood of passing school facility construction bonds by local district election. Using statewide data from Michigan, this study analyzes school bond data for urban (n = 30), suburban (n = 164), small town (n = 70), and rural (n = 241) school districts that held capital improvement bond elections…
Descriptors: Elections, School Districts, Bond Issues, Educational Facilities