Fiscal Strain in Pennsylvania's School Districts. PEPS Policy Paper Series Number 8.

Autor/in	Cooley, William W.
Institution	Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Learning Research and Development Center.
Titel	Fiscal Strain in Pennsylvania's School Districts. PEPS Policy Paper Series Number 8.
Quelle	(1991), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Expenditure per Student; Expenditures; Financial Support; Public Schools; School District Spending; School Funds; School Support; School Taxes; State Aid; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Ausgaben; Finanzielle Förderung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schulförderverein
Abstract	To identify 5-year trends in revenues and expenditures for Pennsylvania's 500 school districts and to show how fiscal trends interact with changes in variables such as student enrollment, statewide school financial data from 1984-85 through 1988-89 are analyzed. The figures indicated that financial trends include increases in total district expenditures, expenditures per pupil, state and local revenues, and teachers' salaries. A decrease in the pupil/teacher ratio was also evident. Variances between the richer and poorer districts show that state funding and local revenues have increased more for the richer districts even though they have decreased their local tax efforts whereas the poorer districts have increased their local tax rates. Although changes in expenditures such as transportation costs were unrelated to changes in student enrollment, regular program expenditures, such as the number of teachers, were highly related. Seven figures and four tables are provided to help illustrate financial trends. (EJS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC