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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"State aid"”.
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State aid to local school districts : a comparative analysis
Thesis. 1979. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Structuring programs for state aid to communities experiencing energy development.
Thesis. 1977. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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State aid to private higher education in North Carolina: a historical description
… in America's higher education history is the state support of private higher education. As of January 1, 1980, all of the states except Wyoming and Nevada provide some type of aid to private higher education institutions. One state, North Carolina, began its efforts to provide state assistance …
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Sensitivity of state aid allocation to measures of needs and resources in local governments
This analysis examines the sensitivity of state intergovernmental aid, per capita, to measures of resources, infrastructure, social services, social problems and demographics in Northern and Southern local governments in 1982 and 1992. Time-periods chosen are based on the potential for domestic …
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A status study of school building costs in California under the 1947 state aid program
… building program under the administration of the State Aid Program of 1947.</p>
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The effects of alternative state aid formulas on the distribution of public school expenditures in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1972. Ph.D.
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An analysis of state aid to nonpublic elementary and secondary schools in the 50 states, 1970-1984
<p>Public aid to nonpublic education is a stormy political, historical, and religious issue. Permissible and prohibited aid varies by state and by date.</p> <p>Research of four levels of law over the decade of the 1970s was compared with the same research for the 1960s. Sources included …
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The Effects of Selected Tax Reform and School Finance Proposals on the Equalizing Tendencies of State Aid to Michigan Public School Districts
… would have on the equalizing tendencies of state aid to Michigan school districts. The study focused on nine finance revisions as follows: The Tisch proposal which would make 50 percent cuts in all real property values; the Siljander proposal which would make 60 percent cuts in the value of …
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New Jersey's school funding policy from 2002 to the present and its impact on student achievement
… how school districts were impacted by the state aid decisions made from 2002 and to then determine if there was a relationship between the excess or shortfall of state aid received and the achievement of students in each district during the same period as measured by standards used to …
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A Study of the Principles and Methods of Educational Finance as They Pertain to Greece Central School District #1
… the author explains the methods used in the State of New York. The Town of Greece is used to illustrate how these methods are used in a real life example. The revenue used for education comes from multiple sources including state aid, cafeterias, property taxes, and miscellaneous. Originally, …
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The Quest to Humanize Policy Interventions: Exploring the Relationship between Neighborhood Revitalization Programs and Subjective Well-being of Low-Income Communities in the United States
… the relationships between best practices, state aid incentives, neighborhood revitalization, and residents' subjective well-being (SWB) in distressed neighborhoods across multiple low-income communities. The use of state aid, such as tax credits for neighborhood revitalization programs has …
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The regulation of fuel retailing activities and its contribution to a rural development policy : lessons from the UK and Australian jurisdictions
… mechanisms and fuel subsidy schemes (a form of state aid).The study focused on two research questions. The first question relates to whether the regulation of fuel retailing activities could resolve the fuel pricing problems in rural areas, and thereby contribute to a rural development policy. …
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The effects of three policy changes upon student suspension in a suburban junior high school
… days of attendance equal corresponding losses in state aid. Public opinion reflects disdain toward the callous abuse of suspension. Parents constantly request that schools abstain from student ostracism and use methods which facilitate learning.
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The Illinois Farmland Assessment Laws: A Case Study of the Political Passage and Implications for School Funding, 1977-1980
… as an independent variable, the impact on school state aid allocations and property tax liability shifts for a typical rural Illinois county is analyzed.
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A Study of Gifted Programs in the State of Missouri and the Philosophies of Their Faculties
… from each of the sixty-nine districts receiving state aid for their gifted programs. The information from the surveys was tabulated by computer and yielded frequency data in terms of means, standard deviations, and cumulative percentages. The conclusions drawn were that there is no one best …
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The development of railroads in Missouri to 1860
… the task was too great to be carried on without aid from the state. By legislative acts, aid was granted to seven companies who at the close of 1859 had not completed six hundred and twelve miles of their roads. Only two companies - the Hannibal and St. Joseph and the St. Louis and Iron Mountain …
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An Examination Of Oklahoma Education Funding Adequacy And District Spending Efficiency
… standards and increased accountability while state aid has been restricted to flat or negative levels annually. These circumstances have left many stakeholders concerned about the adequacy of education funding in Oklahoma. There is no evidence of empirical research into the issue of school …
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Analysis of a uniform, comprehensive cost analysis method for Virginia municipal water and wastewater systems
… and the overall availability of federal and state aid is declining. The literature on utility management emphasizes the use of a "user-pays" approach that makes use of a comprehensive method of cost analysis. This thesis tests the hypothesis that a uniform, comprehensive cost analysis method …
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The effects of integration of New Zealand's Roman Catholic schools : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology at Massey University
… a financial one by replacing the religious with paid lay staff. In turn, this financial problem became a political one, with the Catholic Authorities seeking increased Government assistance to their schools. In 1973, the Labour Party, in Government, called a State Aid Conference from which a …
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Public school finance programs in the southern region of the United States: 1986-87
This study describes the current status of the state aid programs in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) membership: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The …
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