02472cam a2200445 i 4500001001900000003000500019005001700024008004100041010001600082020001500098027002000113035002000133037002200153040001900175043001200194050002200206100004100228245015300269264003700422300002800459336002600487337002600513337002800539337002800567338003600595338002700631338002700658490004200685500001800727504005000745520090500795530005801700650003901758700002901797700003901826710002201865710004301887830003701930856005901967rnd000000000047020RAND20200811100926.0920212s1979    cau      b    000 0 eng d  a   79011654  a0833001159  aRAND/R-2348-NIE  a(Sirsi) a187853  c$55.00fpaperback  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us---00aLB2825b.C37 19791 aCarroll, Stephen J.,d1940-eauthor.14aThe search for equity in school finance :bresults from five states /cStephen J. Carroll with the assistance of Millicent Cox and William Lisowski. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1979.  axix, 267 pages ;c28 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aRand Corporation / Report ;v2348-NIE  a"March 1979."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267).  aDescribes outcomes of school finance reform in California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, and New Mexico.  Spending for education rose impressively in these states, but reform did little to equalize the distributions of revenues or instructional expenditures.  Local property taxes for education declined in all the states but Michigan and became significantly more equal among school districts.  Reform weakened the link between districts' revenues and their communities' property tax bases and, in most cases, their income levels. Reform generally had little effect on the distribution of revenues among district types.  Reform did little to equalize districts' spending outcomes and opportunities probably because of the simultaneous pursuit of diverse and often conflicting objectives, and the add-ons and adjustments that states made to their basic finance plans, usually with disequalizing effects.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. 0aEducationzUnited StatesxFinance.1 aCox, Millicent.eauthor.1 aLisowski, William,d1950-eauthor.2 aRand Corporation.2 aNational Institute of Education (U.S.) 0aR (Rand Corporation) ;v2348-NIE41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2348/