Public School Finance, Select - 78th R.S. (2003)

Committee:	Joint Public School Finance, Select
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Joint Select Committee on Public School Finance: Report to the Legislature, March 2004
Subjects:	Education reform | School finance |
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 P96SF
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View report [52 pages  File size: 65,535 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	The committee shall conduct a study of issues affecting the duty of the legislature to establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools. The study shall include: (1) a review of the state's revenue system as it related to the legislature's ability to provide for a constitutional school finance system; (2) an assessment of funding options that will sustain Texas schools for the long term and that will substantially increase the state's share of public school funding; (3) a determination of appropriate funding levels to enable high academic performance; (4) an analysis of legitimate student and school district cost differences; (5) a review of the appropriate role of the state in the provision of school facilities; (6) an examination of strategies and practices that contribute to high academic performance in schools; and (7) a review of possible incentives for improved student performance and cost-effective operation.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Public School Finance, Select
Title:	Rules
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 P96SFM
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View document [2 pages  File size: 89 kb]
Committee:	Joint Public School Finance, Select
Title:	The Texas Public School Finance System: An Historical Summary of Legal Challenges and Constitutional Standards, Office of the Attorney General, September 10, 2003
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 P965FM 2003:SEPT 10
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View document [9 pages]
Committee:	Joint Public School Finance, Select
Title:	Key Findings: School Outcomes and School Costs: The Cost Function Approach, Timothy Gronberg, Dennis W. Jansen, Lori L. Taylor, and Kevin Booker, Texas A&M University; and Adjusting for Geographic Variations in Teacher Compensation: Updating the Texas Cost-of-Education Index, Lori L. Taylor, Texas A&M University
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 P96SFM
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View document [84 pages  File size: 3,114 kb]
Committee:	Joint Public School Finance, Select
Title:	Measuring Educational Adequacy in Public Schools, Bruce D. Baker, University of Kansas; Lori L. Taylor and Arnold Vedlitz, Texas A&M University
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 P96SFM
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View document [52 pages  File size: 2,841 kb]
Committee:	Joint Public School Finance, Select
Title:	Report to the Texas Joint Select Committee on Public School Finance, Koret Task Force on K-12 Education, February 2004
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 P96SFM
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View document [72 pages  File size: 1,610 kb]

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