The purpose of this investigation was twofold: first, examination of Florida Education Finance Program funds and other local revenues for fiscal years 1982-83 through 1986-87 to determine the effect of property assessment equalization factors on the level of inter-district student and taxpayer equity; second, development of a paradigm as an alternative to the single county property assessment model now utilized by the Florida Department of Revenue. / The population selected for analysis was Florida's 67 school districts. Since the size of the population was relatively small, sampling techniques were not used in the conduct of equity tests. Data for analysis were extracted from state and local data bases. / The Equity Measurement Triad, a model developed by the researcher, was applied to the five-year funding distribution continuum. Output from the model provided quantitative indicators of equity. Subjective indices and perceptions of equity were developed by the random sampling of a dichotomous field of local public officials. This field consisted of public education and property assessment. Sample size was determined by application to Cochran's two-way stratification of small samples technique. Tests of association among the groups was made by Friedman's two-way analysis of variance. / Equity measurements were made for major Program funding distributions for each year of the continuum. Four techniques were used: (1) Gini coefficient, (2) coefficient of variation, (3) range of disparity, and (4) McLoone index. Measurement statistics revealed that equity decreased over the five-year analysis period. Moreover, use of property assessment equalization factors appeared to reduce student equity. Reconfiguration of property assessment levels from a single-county model to a six-region aggregation, for derivation of equalization factors, tended to increase equity. / The primary recommendations were (1) that use of single-county assessment levels in education funding be discontinued and replaced by the six-region model; and (2) that additional inquiry be made into the formulations of assessment levels at the state level. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-12, Section: A, page: 4286. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.

<p> This dissertation was a case study of a New England public community college, specifically a public two-year college, in the State of Connecticut. The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of how the college decision-makers dealt with balancing the budget with state imposed budget reductions and cutbacks as well as undertaking several mid-year rescissions. Additionally, this dissertation examined the decision-making processes that informed the actions of the college administrators to help guide the institution through a fiscal uncertainty. Both archival documents and interviews revealed no clear path or strategy to decision-making was used. The budget documents supported the interview participants' answers and the college's complete financial health. This study may help or provide guidance and recommendations for other institutions of higher education.</p>

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1978. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 40-04, Section: A, page: 1867.

<p> This research presents an analysis of California&rsquo;s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) before and after implementation (AY 2013 to AY 2016). Funding allocations, expenditures, and student achievement data were analyzed across nine school districts in Northern California. Findings revealed a significant increase in state and local funding after implementation of LCFF for all districts. Statistical analyses showed larger districts received the greatest increases in funding and per pupil funding increases with the number of students who were eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL). While these trends were consistent both before and after the implementation of LCFF, the percent of funding spent on instruction, instruction-related services, pupil and ancillary services did not differ. Although expenditures for total revenue are tracked, there is no statewide system for tracking supplemental and concentration fund grants and yet, districts have full flexibility on how to spend these additional dollars within the eight state priorities. The lack of transparency at the district level compromises the replicability and scalability of district practices and undermines ongoing efforts for educational reform. Furthermore, findings revealed a significant increase in graduation rates after implementation of LCFF for all students, English Learners, and students eligible for FRL. </p><p>

The purpose of this study was to determine whether those environmental elements which provide financial resources to the organization were perceived by the athletics directors to have control over the interuniversity athletics program. A theoretical framework, which incorporated the Emerson (1962) power-dependence theory of social exchange relations, and the concepts of resource dependence and power, was developed to examine the following hypothesis: The interuniversity athletics organization is perceived to be controlled by the elements (individuals, groups, organizations) in its environment in relation to its relative resource dependence on those elements. Another purpose of the study was to examine Emerson's power-dependence theory in the context of interuniversity athletics. Athletics directors from 34 (75.5%) of the 45 interuniversity athletics organizations in Canada completed the Survey of Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Programs and an accompanying interview. The survey elicited information about the organization's resource dependence on various sources in its environment, in terms of relative funding, as well as perceptions of the control of 15 environmental elements over seven basic activities of the organization, and overall. The interview was useful for further investigating the dynamics of perceived control. The organization, itself, was included as one of the elements. Univariate ANOVAs with repeated measures on the environmental elements were used to further describe organizational autonomy and perceived environmental control, and t-tests were employed to compare the organization's relative resource dependencies. The study concluded that perceived environmental control was varyingly associated with the organization's resource dependence on its environment. The findings imply that perceived control may be based in other dependencies, which warrant examination. Although there was limited support for the power-dependence theory in the context of interuniversity athletics and financial dependence, it may be more appliable when other relevant dependencies are considered. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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The financial management of an independent school is considered in the light of public school financial management and practices currently employed in commercial enterprises. Managerial functions, school business management, and school organization are studied as the setting for this financial information system which is a subsystem of the school's total information system. For schools conducted by religious orders a method is proposed to account for the contributed services of the religious, to eliminate any personal expenses of the religious community from the financial reports of the school, and to make these reports comparable with other independent schools. The main areas discussed are budgeting, financial reporting and the accounts, with responsibility accounting and responsibility reporting a feature. The study does not investigate new sources of revenue for the independent school. Its only purpose is to show how resources can be managed effectively and efficiently, assuming funds are available. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

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