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Download full textLayzell, Daniel T.; Lyddon, Jan W. – 1990
This digest of a full-length report provides a review of state level budgeting for higher education in terms of the underlying interplay of human and external forces coupled with factors that are present in the budgeting process itself. The environmental context includes historical, political, economic, and demographic factors. These factors…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Financial Support
McGuire, Kent – 1990
The state role in educational funding as a major educational policy issue is discussed in this digest. The school finance system debate has been stimulated by property tax issues, changing demographic and economic conditions, emphasis on qualitative improvement, and school restructuring. Implications for local administrators include increased…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Burstein, Matthew – 1996
since the economic difficulties of the 1980s and 1990s, community colleges have had to reconcile limited resources with open door admissions policies and a broad institutional mission. College budgets have not generally increased sufficiently to compensate for rising costs, with state-level financial support for higher education falling by 9.5% to…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Planning, Community Colleges, Economic Factors
Ascher, Carol – 1993
The system of school finance equity in Texas is described as it existed before the court case Edgewood Independent School District (ISD) v. Kirby, and the overhaul mandated by legal rulings in the evolving Edgewood case is reviewed. In Texas, as elsewhere, the system of school finance has historically been based on the local property taxes…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Change
Hadderman, Margaret – 1999
This Digest discusses efforts to achieve financial equity in education. It describes the extent of financial disparity and how, after 3 decades of litigation, such disparities among districts and among states remain high. In New Jersey alone, the per-pupil expenditures ranged from $5,900 to $11,950. Even with such inequities, some promising…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Hadderman, Margaret – 1999
This digest in Spanish discusses efforts to achieve financial equity in education. It describes the extent of financial disparity and how, after 3 decades of litigation, such disparities among districts and among states remain high. In New Jersey alone, the per-pupil expenditures ranged from $5,900 to $11,950. Even with such inequities, some…
Descriptors: Economics of Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
