FISCAL EQUALIZATION AND SCHOOL FINANCE

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW RESCHOVSKY
Keyword(s):  
School Finance ◽  
Fiscal Equalization

Predicting the Cost of Fiscal Equalization in School Finance

1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Gilmer
Keyword(s):  
School Districts ◽  
School Finance ◽  
Estimating Equation ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Fiscal Equalization ◽  
Finance Reform ◽  
School Finance Reform ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Very High ◽  
Tax Bases

The recent appearance on the national scene of the Serrano and Rodriguez cases served to dramatize one of the most persistent problems of school finance reform–the vast differences between the tax bases per pupil and the ability to provide educational services among school districts in the same state. As these cases have highlighted the issue, and as the presence of these inequities have been more widely recognized, the states have begun to consider reform more seriously. One of the major obstacles to the elimination of these fiscal differentials is the apparent cost. Although intuition would argue for a very high cost, there seems to have been no consistent estimates. This article estimates the cost for Texas. Using an estimating equation for shifts in district expenditure under different tax bases and aid patterns, and solving a system of equations for the fiscal equalization, I have derived the estimates. The results are encouraging as the tax bill for such reform may be less than the previously available estimates would lead us to believe.

America's Lone Star Constitution

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas A. Powe Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
School Finance ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Civil Liberty ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Relationship

Texas has created more constitutional law than any other state. In any classroom nationwide, any basic constitutional law course can be taught using nothing but Texas cases. That, however, understates the history and politics behind the cases. Beyond representing all doctrinal areas of constitutional law, Texas cases deal with the major issues of the nation. This book charts the rich and pervasive development of Texas-inspired constitutional law. From voting rights to railroad regulations, school finance to capital punishment, poverty to civil liberty, this book provides a window into the relationship between constitutional litigation and ordinary politics at the Texas Supreme Court, illuminating how all of the fiercest national divides over what the Constitution means took shape in Texas.

scholarly journals Federalism, Grants, and Fiscal Equalization

1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-260
Author(s):  
Peter Mieszkowski ◽  
Richard A. Musgrave
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Equalization
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