Revising State Education Finance Systems: Simulating Policy Alternatives.

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Title: Revising State Education Finance Systems: Simulating Policy Alternatives.
Authors: Callahan, John J., Goettel, Robert J.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 1972
Descriptors: Computers, Costs, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Equal Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student, Financial Policy, Rural Urban Differences, School Taxes, Simulation, Speeches, State Aid, State Legislation, State School District Relationship, Tax Allocation, Tax Rates
Abstract: This paper examines several major State finance revisions and the procedures used to analyze their impact on school district per pupil expenditures, State aid, and local tax rates in New York, Massachusetts, and California. Policy alternatives include utilization of measures of educational need, municipal overburden factors in the general formula, and regional and full State financing schemes. Attention is given to the problems of data availability and the analysis of options. (Author)
Notes: Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. (57th, Chicago, Illinois, April 3-7, 1972)
Journal Code: RIEOCT1972
Entry Date: 1972
Accession Number: ED063670
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This paper examines several major State finance revisions and the procedures used to analyze their impact on school district per pupil expenditures, State aid, and local tax rates in New York, Massachusetts, and California. Policy alternatives include utilization of measures of educational need, municipal overburden factors in the general formula, and regional and full State financing schemes. Attention is given to the problems of data availability and the analysis of options. (Author)