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Item A comparison of seven models for the equalization of educational expenditures for capital outlay and debt service in the Texas public schools(Texas Tech University, 1979-05) Edington, Scot HNot availableItem A comparison of six alternative models for equalization of educational expenditure in the Texas public schools(Texas Tech University, 1977-05) Walker, Billy DonNot availableItem A teaching cost survey of thirty-eight West Texas high schools(Texas Tech University, 1940-08) Bryan, Sam TildenNot availableItem An analysis of expenditure patterns in Texas public school districts before and after the 1984 school finance reform(Texas Tech University, 1992-12) Miller, Ronald GlenThe research agenda in school finance has moved from equity concerns to concerns about how to finance education to improve its quality. At issue again are questions of which resources, if any, affect learning and how should schools and school personnel be held accountable for the results of schooling. A new research agenda begins with the observation that the states have increased their levels of funding for schools beginning about 1984. There is scant evidence of how that new money has been spent. The purpose of this study was to examine what the differences in per pupil expenditures eimong Texas public schools mean in terms of the resources provided to students. Specifically, the focus concentrated on a comparison of expenditure patterns of Texas school districts categorized by local wealth before and after the 1984 school finance reform legislation. This study was restricted to the data collected for the following school years: 1983-84, 1984-85, and 1989-90. To study how districts with different wealth levels chose to spend their available funds, the 1,052 public school districts in Texas were grouped according to their assessed valuation: rich, middle, and poor. These three types of districts were compared by determining their expenditures or spending levels by object as specified by Bulletin 679 Financial Accounting Manual required for use by Texas school districts. Results of this study indicated that the school districts by 1989-90 had spent more per student for purchased and contracted services and supplies and materials than they had before House Bill 72 became a reality. Payroll costs continued to be the largest expenditure object area. Capital outlay costs became a smaller part of the expenditures. Other operating costs and debt service expenditures continued to take up a smaller proportion of the total expenditures. Further analysis indicated that the middle school districts spend more per student than the rich and poor school districts in the object areas of purchased and contracted services, supplies and materials, other operating expenses, and debt service. The poor school districts expended more of their monies in payroll costs, while the rich school districts lead in spending in the capital outlay object area.Item An analysis of the Texas Education Economic Index Formula as a predictor of relative fiscal capacity of states(Texas Tech University, 1965-05) Douglas, Omer RayNot availableItem An evaluation of local financial support of education in Texas by selected school districts(Texas Tech University, 1961-05) Marcom, Orval WeldonNot availableItem Analysis of a strategy to forecast school district fiscal health in Texas(Texas Tech University, 1988-08) Maurer, William HNot availableItem Predictor factors relating to budgeting for district-operated pupil transportation systems in Texas(Texas Tech University, 1982-05) LeMaster, David RayNot availableItem School district reorganization: a comparison of seven models for equalizing fiscal resources in Texas(Texas Tech University, 1979-05) Freeman, Elton RayNot availableItem The equalization effect of federal aid on Texas public school finance(Texas Tech University, 1981-05) Doenges, Joseph HarryNot availableItem The relationship between the ex post and resource equity fiscal neutrality standards and the Texas system of school finance during 1982-1983(Texas Tech University, 1984-05) Sommer, John DonaldNot availableItem Trends in Financing the Iowa Park School for Two Decades(Texas Tech University, 1942-08) Bradford, William RNot Available.