Michigan and Ohio K-12 Educational Financing Systems: Equality and Efficiency

Autor/inn/en	Conlin, Michael; Thompson, Paul N.
Titel	Michigan and Ohio K-12 Educational Financing Systems: Equality and Efficiency
Quelle	In: Education Finance and Policy, 9 (2014) 4, S.417-445 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-3060
DOI	10.1162/EDFP_a_00142
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Educational Equity (Finance); Financial Support; State Aid; Taxes; Operating Expenses; Expenditures; Income; Resource Allocation; School District Wealth; Elementary Secondary Education; Michigan; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Abgabe; Betriebskosten; Ausgaben; Einkommen; Ressourcenallokation
Abstract	We consider issues of equality and efficiency in two different school funding systems--a state-level system in Michigan and a foundation system in Ohio. Unlike Ohio, the Michigan system restricts districts from generating property or income tax revenue to fund operating expenditures. In both states, districts fund capital expenditures with local tax revenue. Our results indicate that although average revenue and expenditures per pupil in Michigan and Ohio are almost identical, the distributions of the various revenue sources are quite different. Ohio's funding system has greater equality in terms of total revenue, largely due to Ohio redistributing state funds to the least wealthy districts while Michigan does not. We find relatively wealthy Michigan districts spend more on capital expenditures, whereas relatively wealthy Ohio districts spend more on labor and materials. This suggests that constraints on raising local revenue to fund operating expenditures in Michigan could create efficiency issues. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10