ERIC Number: EJ879136
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
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Knowing the Odds: Parameters that Predict Passing or Failing School District Bonds
Bowers, Alex J.; Metzger, Scott Alan; Militello, Matthew
Educational Policy, v24 n2 p398-420 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 from 2000 to 2005. This analysis found four parameters that were significant in predicting either passage or failure of school bonds: bond amount, number of students enrolled, the number of times the bond was attempted, and district urbanicity. Examining district bond passage rates by urbanicity showed that rural districts have worse chances of passing bond elections than urban and suburban districts and that small-town districts have the worst chances of all. (Contains 3 notes, 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Elections, School Districts, Bond Issues, Educational Facilities, Data Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Tax Effort, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Facilities Improvement, School Expansion, Educational Finance, Prediction, Debt (Financial), Educational Policy, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan
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