Explores the ramifications of the wealth tax as an alternative funding source for elementary and secondary education in Florida by constructing and quantifying a wealth tax base for the state of Florida and each of its school districts. (JG)

Presents a strategy for improving the impact aid program's ability to equitably compensate for a genuine federally imposed burden. (Author/IRT)

Assesses the impact of state school finance reform legislation in the seventies on state and local distribution of educational funds, and concludes that expenditure disparities (between rich and poor districts) has increased nationally. (PKP)

Results of a study to develop a formula to predict the cost to the state of Illinois of all school district student transportation services. (PKP)

The introduction of the state reimbursement program substantially improved the equity of the distribution of state funds for support of public school operations. It was not the basic intent of the program to reduce expenditure and school tax disparities and this has not been accomplished. (Author/IRT)

The new state aid formula implemented in 1974-75 resulted in little real change in the allocation of state resources to local school districts. (Author/IRT)

This paper provides empirical, relatively assumption-free, estimates of the private costs of participating in postsecondary education. The data base is the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Previous attempts to make such estimates are examined. (Author/IRT)

Discusses conceptual and methodological issues surrounding the application of cost-benefit analysis to education and presents two examples of how to calculate the cost-benefit ratio of educational investments. (JG)

Examines certain assumptions underlying need-based student aid legislation and evaluates the role of student aid in promoting access to postsecondary education; analyzes data from a survey of approximately 1,000 high school seniors that investigated the reasons students did or did not plan to attend college. (Author/JG)

Discusses the problem of calculating unit costs for higher education, with special attention to the allocation of research-related costs and various indirect costs to undergraduate and graduate students. Calculates unit costs and budget allocations for a hypothetical state university system, based on different policy assumptions regarding cost…

Examines the relationship between selected socioeconomic data and state effort for the support of public schools among the 50 states. Two measures of state effort are identified for use as dependent variables, and multiple regression analysis is used to determine the relationship between socioeconomic factors and state effort for education.…