Political markets, property tax referenda, and local school spending

Public Choice ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 86 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 257-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe B. Stevens ◽  
Robert Mason
Keyword(s):  
Property Tax ◽  
Local School ◽  
Political Markets ◽  
School Spending

Minority Support: School District Demographics and Support for Funding Election Measures

2019 ◽  
pp. 107808741987746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Alvord ◽  
Emily Rauscher
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
District Level ◽  
Local School District ◽  
Local School ◽  
State Budgets ◽  
Contradictory Evidence ◽  
The Relationship

In the context of tight state budgets, local education funding is increasingly important. This article examines the relationship between district-level demographic characteristics and voter support for tax increases to fund the local school district. Using district-level panel data on California school district elections and demographics from 1995 to 2014, we ask the following questions: (1) What is the relationship between demographics and support for school district tax measures? and (2) Does this relationship vary by the type of tax measure? Results suggest that voter support varies by district demographics. However, results differ for bond and property tax measures and suggest that the proportion of Black students increases the likelihood of passing a bond measure but reduces the likelihood of passing a property tax measure. This heterogeneity offers one potential explanation for contradictory evidence in the literature. Results have implications for racial inequality of educational resources between districts.

Determinants of local school spending: Some consistent estimates

Public Choice ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Denzau ◽  
Kevin Grier
Keyword(s):  
Local School ◽  
School Spending

scholarly journals The Great Recession and Public Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
William N. Evans ◽  
Robert M. Schwab ◽  
Kathryn L. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
State Governments ◽  
School Employees ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Education Finance ◽  
Work First ◽  
School Spending

We examine the impact of the Great Recession on public education finance and employment. Five major themes emerge from our work. First, nearly 300,000 school employees lost their jobs. Second, schools that were heavily dependent financially on state governments were particularly vulnerable to the recession. Third, local revenues from the property tax actually increased during the recession, primarily because millage rates rose in response to declining property values. Fourth, inequality in school spending rose sharply during the Great Recession. We argue, however, that we need to be very cautious about this result. School spending inequality has risen steadily since 2000; the trend in inequality we see in the 2008–13 period is very similar to the trend we see in the 2000–08 period. Fifth, the federal government's efforts to shield education from some of the worst effects of the recession achieved their major goal.

Public School Voice Clinics, Part I

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Sandra Q. Miller ◽  
Charles L. Madison
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School District ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Urban School District ◽  
Local School District ◽  
Local School ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Voice Problem

The purpose of this article is to show how one urban school district dealt with a perceived need to improve its effectiveness in diagnosing and treating voice disorders. The local school district established semiannual voice clinics. Students aged 5-18 were referred, screened, and selected for the clinics if they appeared to have a chronic voice problem. The specific procedures used in setting up the voice clinics and the subsequent changes made over a 10-year period are presented.

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