Citations with the tag: EDUCATION -- Finance
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- Oklahoma districts will receive $8.4M for hardware, software for 1998-99.
// Electronic Education Report; 09/02/98, Vol. 5 Issue 16, p5Reports that the Oklahoma State Legislature has allocated $8.4 million in one-time funding in the 1998-99 school year for districts to purchase software and hardware. Need for a plan to distribute the money equally; Contact information.
- Massachusetts steps up EdTech efforts with plan to train teachers.
// Electronic Education Report; 09/02/98, Vol. 5 Issue 16, p7Reports that the Massachusetts legislature has appropriated $27.5 million for educational technology spending. Federal Government's allocation for the state in 1998-99 school year; Uses of state appropriation funds; Expenditures on educational technology in school districts.
- School-funding troubles reach Arizona and Wyoming.
Jacobius, Arleen // Bond Buyer; 09/26/97, Vol. 321 Issue 30239, p34Focuses on the school-funding problems in Arizona and Wyoming. School districts' use of a combination of property rax and sales tax revenues to fund school construction, renovation and maintenance; Effort of various schools in Arizona and Wyoming to rebuild the school finance system struck down...
- Northeast.
Demenchuk, Michael // Bond Buyer; 12/01/97, Vol. 322 Issue 30282, p54Focuses on the role of politics in school funding in the Northeastern part of the United States, making close reference to a report by education officials of New Jersey in November 1997. Description of the report; Details on its recommendations; Information pertaining to a declaration made by...
- Lawmakers to Grapple With State Role in School Funding.
Williams, Rochelle // Bond Buyer; 12/28/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31293, p36Reports on the possible decision that would be taken by the lawmakers in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming regarding the method of equitable funding of public schools and capital construction projects in 2002. School funding situation the states; Fund position of the three states; Sources of funding...
- South Carolina, Schools in Mind, Goes to Market With Many Needs .
DeSue, Tedra // Bond Buyer; 1/17/2002, Vol. 339 Issue 31306, p1Reports on the efforts of officials in South Carolina to raise funds for education by issuing debt. Ratings of the bond issued by the state; Need to issue bonds for education; Reference to competitive sale of school facilities bonds.
- School Funding Suit.
Saskal, Rich // Bond Buyer; 10/22/2004, Vol. 350 Issue 31995`, p33Reports on the court hearing on a case with the potential to alter the state's school finance system in Montana.
- Texas Funds Textbooks, and Electronics.
Saskal, Rich // Educational Marketer; 6/ 8/2009, Vol. 40 Issue 12, p6The article reports on the state budget worth 812.8 million dollars for textbooks and electronic materials which was approved by the state legislature in Texas.
- Revenues for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, by State, 1997-1998: Alabama-Missouri.
Saskal, Rich // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2000, p249No abstract available.
- Revenues for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, by State, 1997-1998: Montana-Wyoming.
Saskal, Rich // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2000, p249No abstract available.
- Making the hard choices fair choices.
Hartzog, J. // Academe; Jul/Aug93, Vol. 79 Issue 4, p31Opinion. States the need for the academe to articulate the values and principles for making the hard budget choices that affect the educational community. Adherence to democratic principles of procedural justice; Practices which reflect an imperfect procedural justice; Suggestions.
- Popular prepaid tuition programs.
Long, Cynthia D. // Academe; Sep/Oct96, Vol. 82 Issue 5, p8Reports on the popularity of prepaid tuition programs in the United States. Factors contributing to the popularity of the programs.
- Let the educators howl, it's time for Ralph to take our schools out of the Jurassic Age.
Stolee, Leif // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine; 11/15/93, Vol. 20 Issue 48, p12Examines the objections of the educational establishment in Alberta to paring its share of the provincial bill (advanced education 9%, education 14%). Proposal the province spend its way out of debt; If education does not carry its share of the burden, who should; Increasing school levies...
- Equalization is no increase--or is it?
Jenkinson, Michael // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine; 5/30/94, Vol. 21 Issue 24, p31Says that although there will be no shifting of education taxes in Alberta this year, there will be tax changes next year. Halvar Jonson's education restructuring; Education funding in Alberta split three ways; How the new system of full provincial education funding will work; Uproar over the...
- Court delivers small but vital education victory.
Jones, David R. // New York Amsterdam News; 7/1/95, Vol. 86 Issue 26, p5Reports on the decision of New York's Court of Appeals to let city residents sue the state for more equitable school funding. Provision of educational services and facilities; Funding disparities; Background of the suit.
- Let Them Call Room Service.
Todd, Richard // Atlantic (02769077); Dec92, Vol. 270 Issue 6, p28Discusses the continuing increase of the cost of tuition in the U.S. Comparison of airline ticket fare with the costs involved of sending a child through school; Services offered by colleges which seem to justify the increase in the cost of tuition.
- Fatal error: Ikenberry report politically naive.
Green, Paul M. // Crain's Chicago Business; 4/08/96, Vol. 19 Issue 15, p13Opinion. Argues about the errors in the Governor's Commission on Education Funding (Ikenberry Commission) report. Report's recommendation to remedy the school funding process in Illinois; Problems with the cost-benefit analysis; Accuracy of report; Major problems with Ikenberry report; What...
- Study teaches new lessons in Illinois school economics.
Hinz, Greg // Crain's Chicago Business; 9/23/96, Vol. 19 Issue 39, p39Reports that according to a study conducted by the Illinois Tax Foundation, money can determine how well a child in Illinois reads. How limiting public dollars can affect literacy; Comments from James Nowlan, chief author of the study and senior fellow at the University of Illinois Institute of...
- Percentage of major areas receiving an increased share of spending.
Hinz, Greg // Community College Week; 8/12/96, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p1Presents a graph showing areas in education in the United States receiving increased funding. Electronic infrastructure; Computing operations; Faculty salaries; Institutional student aid; Admissions and recruitment.
- Colleges seek to maintain title ILL-A grants.
Hinz, Greg // Community College Week; 07/28/97, Vol. 9 Issue 26, p3Focuses on the attempts made by community college leaders to convince congress on the importance maintaining programs which will assist disadvantage school students. What art the provisions of Title lll-A Higher Education Act; Information on the grants provided to community colleges; Comments...
- DPS foundation launches direct-mail fund campaign.
Welch, Sherri // Crain's Detroit Business; 12/6/2010, Vol. 26 Issue 50, p2The article reports that the Detroit Public Schools Foundation, which has raised 2.2 million dollars in corporate, foundation and individual contributions since August 2009, has launched a direct-mail fund campaign to benefit early education.
- Education aid stacks up in NY.
Welch, Sherri // Crain's New York Business; 01/29/2001, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p8Reports on school aid in New York State. Efforts of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity to increase school aid; Amount of money that will be provided to school districts.
- Schools of China's state firms face closure.
Welch, Sherri // Christian Science Monitor; 7/28/95, Vol. 87 Issue 170, p14Reports likely closure of various schools run by state enterprises across China because of financial problem of their financiers. Financing problem for schools in China.
- Beyond bake sales: Public schools target private funds.
Savoye, Craig // Christian Science Monitor; 2/27/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 64, p14Looks at efforts of public schools to raise money through private donations and focuses on efforts of Franklin McCallie, principal of Kirkwood High School, in Kirkwood, Missouri to raise funds for an athletic complex.
- How to reduce school costs without sacrificing programs.
Savoye, Craig // Curriculum Review; Apr92, Vol. 31 Issue 8, p22Presents several ways to save money without cutting back on school programs or staff. How to refrain the lose of money from every absence of a student; Alternative for hiring full-time school psychologist; More information.
- MINNESOTA Budget Is Cut To Curb Shortfall.
Savoye, Craig // Education Week; 5/28/1986, Vol. 5 Issue 36, p8The article reports that funding for education in Minnesota has been reduced to less than the officials in the education department had anticipated.
- Court rejects challenge to Neb. finance system.
Diegmuller, Karen // Education Week; 9/29/93, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p19Reports on the Nebraska Supreme Court's rejection of a lawsuit claiming that the state's education-finance system is unconstitutional because it shortchanges rural schools. Plaintiffs; Opinion among the supreme court judges.
- Oregon voters defeat tax hike for schools.
Sommerfeld, Meg // Education Week; 11/17/93, Vol. 13 Issue 11, p11Reports on the rejection of a tax measure on education in Oregon. Establishment of a five percent sales tax as a way to relieve the fiscal crisis facing Oregon schools; Effects of the property-tax-limitation initiative, Measure 5; Source of school funding.
- In Ohio, bill to revamp school funding unveiled.
Harp, Lonnie // Education Week; 11/17/93, Vol. 13 Issue 11, p11Reports on a bill increasing state funding for education in Ohio. Reduction of funding disparities between wealthy and poor school districts; Bill introduced by Senator H. Cooper Snyder; Pooling of the growth in taxes on commercial and utility property; Residential and agricultural property...
- Legislative update.
Harp, Lonnie // Education Week; 2/16/94, Vol. 13 Issue 21, p14Presents summaries of governors' budget requests for pre-collegiate education and highlights of proposals that rank high on the states' education agendas. Governor Walter J. Hickel of Alaska; Governor Roy Romer of Colorado; Governor Bruce King of New Mexico; Governor Carroll A. Campbell Jr. of...
- Legislative update.
Harp, Lonnie // Education Week; 3/30/94, Vol. 13 Issue 27, p12Presents summaries of governors' budget requests for pre-collegiate education and highlights of proposals that rank high on the states' education agendas. Governor Jim Edgar of Illinois; Governor Brereton C. Jones of Kentucky; Governor David Walters of Oklahoma.
- 2 N.J. panels diverge on funding-equity solution.
Diegmueller, Karen // Education Week; 4/20/94, Vol. 13 Issue 30, p12Reports on the divergent proposals of two independent commissions formed to solve New Jersey's problem of inequitable school funding. Equitable funding per pupil in both poor and wealthy districts; Reliance on locally generated revenue; Issue of state tax increases.
- R.I. Senate to appeal ruling rejecting funding formula.
Richardson, Joanna // Education Week; 4/20/94, Vol. 13 Issue 30, p13Reports on the effort of the Rhode Island Senate to appeal the superior-court decision against the state's school-funding formula. Reform in the way the state pays for public education; Remedy to funding inequities; Discrimination against poor communities.
- Legislative update.
Richardson, Joanna // Education Week; 4/20/94, Vol. 13 Issue 30, p13Presents summaries of governors' budget requests for pre-collegiate education and final action by legislature on education-related matters in the United States. Hawaii; Missouri; Arizona.
- Where the money goes.
Richardson, Joanna // Education Week; 9/14/94, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p4Presents a graph of per-pupil spending allotments for public schools in 1994.
- Report notes `consistently slow growth' in corporate giving.
Sommerfield, Meg // Education Week; 9/28/94, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p8Presents statistics on the financial contributions to education in the United States for 1993. Information from the report of the Council for Aid to Education's entitled `Corporate Support of Education 1993' and `Giving USA'; Total amount of corporate giving; Contributions from all sectors;...
- CHET helps parents save for education.
Dzikowski, Don // Fairfield County Business Journal; 05/04/98, Vol. 37 Issue 18, p9Reports on the state of Connecticut's development of the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET), an education financing program considered as the best in the United States. Nature of CHET; Advantages of implementing CHET; Usage of the CHET funds to pay tuition fees and books.
- Boyle Street to benefit from part of $1.6 million funding.
Gladue, Yvonne Irene // Alberta Sweetgrass; Feb2003, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p8Reports on the allotment of funds to the Boyle Street Education Center in Alberta, under the national crime prevention strategy that will benefit young people at the centre.
- School district wealth and participation in college preparatory courses.
Hiller, Richard B. // High School Journal; Oct/Nov96, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p48Attempts to prove the impact of funding on curriculum availability as evidenced by enrollment in courses in the United States. Emphasis on the availability of advanced placement classes; Link between school size and curriculum offerings; Promotion of the equality of educational opportunity.
- Keeping LA kids in school.
Hiller, Richard B. // Hispanic Times Magazine; Dec1992/Jan1993, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p38Reports on funding for L.A's Best, Better Educated Students for Tomorrow, in support of after-school activities.
- Income tax eyed for school funding equity.
C.F. // Long Island Business News (7/1993 to 5/2009); 10/24/94, Vol. 41 Issue 43, p24Reports on the attention given to school funding activity in Long Island, New York. Use of income tax to replace property tax as a primary support for public schools; NYS' use of different funding formulas to pursue equity; Legislators' criticisms on the funding formulas.
- Report says--LI education costs not out of line.
C.F. // Long Island Business News (7/1993 to 5/2009); 2/5/96, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p11Reports on the cost of public education on Long Island, New York according to the Long Island Education Coalition and the Long Island Association. Percentage of taxes that is alloted for education; Comparison of data with the national spending costs.
- Summit update: Proposed NYS special education budget unfair to local school districts.
Crosson, Matthew; Pally, Mitchell // Long Island Business News (7/1993 to 5/2009); 4/1/96, Vol. 43 Issue 14, p27Focuses on the New York state education budget proposal perceive to be unfair to the school districts and taxpayers of Long Island. Significance of reducing the cost of education on the state and local level; Shift of special education costs to the local school districts.
- Bytes for beginners.
Crosson, Matthew; Pally, Mitchell // NEA Today; Apr96, Vol. 14 Issue 8, p27Reports that an increasing numbers of businesses in the United States are making monetary contributions to schools in that country. Reasons for this.
- Running dry in Wyoming.
Crosson, Matthew; Pally, Mitchell // NEA Today; May97, Vol. 15 Issue 9, p8Reports that a downturn in Wyoming's oil industry has helped deplete teacher purchasing power by 18.5 percent. Wyoming Education Association's argument for a stable source of education funding; Law mandated by Wyoming Supreme Court for all students.
- Relief project to aid education in Somalia.
Crosson, Matthew; Pally, Mitchell // Reading Today; Jun/Jul94, Vol. 11 Issue 6, p8No abstract available.
- New address.
Crosson, Matthew; Pally, Mitchell // Reading Today; Oct/Nov94, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p28Announces the new address of the Council for Aid to Education as of October 1994.
- Special Education Tuition Reimbursement Claims.
Mayes, Thomas A.; Zirkel, Perry A. // Remedial & Special Education; Nov/Dec2001, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p350Examines a comprehensive sample of all tuition reimbursement decisions in the United States. Reference to a comprehensive sample in the 'Individuals with Disabilities Education Law Reports' and the Education for the Handicapped Law Report; Frequency and outcomes of tuition reimbursement...
- The report.
Vandenberg, Victoria // Tech Directions; Jan96, Vol. 55 Issue 6, p8Focuses on education. Reduction of funds for all sectors of education; Southeastern Michigan Research and Technology Exposition and Conference; SMRTEC example of educational institutions' actions; How SMRTEC originated; Participation of companies; National engineers week; Autodesk's offer; Fund...
- Grants, contests, etc.
Cole, Camille // Technology & Learning; Sep93, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p40Presents information and tips to help stretch the school budget and fund technology plans. Education Courseware Group's interest in math and science softwares developed by teachers; Apple Computer's guidelines for grants program; National Science Teachers Association and Duracell USA $45,000...
