Selected Papers in School Finance 1995 (NCES 97-536)

Selected Papers in School Finance 1995
Proposed "Good Practices" for Creating Data Bases from the F-33 and CCD for School Finance Analyses

[Table 1][Table 1a] [Table 1b]

Table 1. Foci of three recent school finance studies

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Study                       Focus
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AIR                         Variations in school district revenues and           
                            expenditures between districts of differing      
                            characteristics (e.g., size, urbanicity,           
                            geographic region, and student composition)      
                            in 1990
							               
CPRE                        (1)  Magnitude and patterns of equity in           
                            public school revenues by state and region in      
                            1990; and                         
                            (2)  Cost of equalizing revenues within states      
                            in comparison to the cost of equalizing           
                            revenues by region or across all states          
Pelavin                     (1)  Trends in revenue-based school finance      
Associates                  indicators within states between 1980 and      
                            1992; and;                         
                            (2)  State profiles of school finance indicators     
                            legislation, and litigation     
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SOURCE: Pelavin Associates.

[Table 1] [Table 1a] [Table 1b]

Table 1a. Census variables used by Pelavin Associates

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 1990 ------------------ -------------------------------- Survey Cell Description Table Item No. Table Record Type Item No. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Median Household Income 69 1 P080A 1 001 Residential Property Value 140\1\ 1 H062 1 001, 002 Percentage of Children 94 8 P017B 7 003 to 008 in Poverty --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 1987 1990 1992 Variable Variable Variable Variable Survey Cell Description Code Code\2\ Code\2\ Code\*\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local Property Taxes T01 T06 T06 T06 Local Gen. Sales Gross T09 T09 T09 T09 Receipts Taxes Local Public Utility Taxes T15 T15 T15 T15 Local Personal Income T49 T40 T40 T40 Local Corporate Net Income T41 T41 Taxes Local Parent Govt. Contribs. T02 T02 T02 T02 Local Revenue - Cities & D21 D23 D23 D23 Counties Local Gross Receipts From A09 A09 A09 A09 School Lunch Local Other Sales & Service A12 A12 A12 A11, A13, Revenue & A20 Local Misc. Other Local U99 U99 U99 U97 & Revenues C24 Local All Other Taxes T99 T99 T99 T99 Local Education, Other Charges A21 A21 A21 & A15 Local Interschool Transfer D11 D11 D11 D11 State Direct Aid C21 C23 C23 C01, C04- C13, C35 State Revenues on Behalf C27 C27 C38 & C39 of Schools Federal thru ESEA C22 C26 C26 - Federal thru NDEA C23 C26 C26 - Federal Child Nutrition C25 C25 C25 C25 Federal All Other C26 C26 C26 C14-C20, C36, B11, B12 Federal Direct P.L. 815 B23 B21 B21 B10 Federal Direct P.L. 874 B24 - - - Federal Direct All Other B26 - - B13 Enrollment E57 V33 V33 V33 Current Expenditures E11-E17 E12 E12 E12, V70, V75, V80 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Table 1. Foci of three recent school finance studies

Table 1a. Census variables used by Pelavin Associates

Table 1b. F-33 Variables used by Pelavin Associates

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