New Ideas versus Bureaucratic Power in School Finance.

William, Mark; Chandler, Shaw

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Publication Date: 2002

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New Ideas versus Bureaucratic Power in School Finance.

William, Mark; Chandler, Shaw

Journal of Education Finance, v28 n1 p97-112 Sum 2002

Examines the implementation of Short-Lived Unanticipated Grants (SLUG) in Connecticut to determine to what extent the political process distorted the reform. Describes the SLUG proposal and its estimation in the median-voter model. Describes evidence of special-interest behavior of the school bureaucracy. Questions use of median-voter model to explain the effects of SLUG on school spending. (Contains 20 references.) (PKP)

Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Incentive Grants, Resource Allocation, State Legislation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Connecticut

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