A Case Study of the County School Facility Tax Initiative in Mary County, Illinois

Autor/inn/en	Hughes, Vince L.; Reeves, Alison G.; Puchner, Laurel
Titel	A Case Study of the County School Facility Tax Initiative in Mary County, Illinois
Quelle	In: Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, 4 (2017), S.31-49 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1532-0723
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; County School Districts; Taxes; Educational Facilities; Educational Facilities Improvement; Qualitative Research; Content Analysis; School Funds; Public Support; Data Analysis; Semi Structured Interviews; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Abgabe; Bildungsstätte; Qualitative Forschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Öffentliche Förderung; Öffentliche Trägerschaft; Auswertung
Abstract	K-12 Illinois public school facilities need to be repaired and rebuilt. The County School Facility Occupation Tax (CSFT) was made law in 2007 in Illinois to help provide funding for Illinois public school facilities. This single case study, qualitative research, outlines findings from 86, face-to- face, phone and email interviews and approximately 79 documents analyzed related to the CSFT in initiative in Mary County, (a pseudonym) Illinois. Through interviews and analyzed documents, five themes emerge related to why the CSFT did not pass on Election Day in Mary County in 2011. Themes ranged from lack of collaboration among school officials and use of the CSFT revenue unclear, to a lack of consideration of others, no opportunity for input and distrust of the process. With such a need for new and improved school facilities and the added burden of school funding being such a confusing and misunderstood topic, school leaders must find ways to effectively communicate with and encourage voters to pass school funding initiatives like the CSFT sales tax. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	NCPEA Publications. Available from: National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: http://www.ncpeapublications.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01