Author: Lloyd Morton Kaufman
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Category : County school systems
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Lack of Agreement Between County School District Boundaries and Civil County Boundaries
Author: Lloyd Morton Kaufman
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Category : County school systems
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Category : County school systems
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Financial Problems Arising from Changes in School District Boundaries
Author: Neil Ford Garvey
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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"This study was undertaken for the purpose of surveying and analyzing the legal provisions of the several states pertaining to the adjustment of fiscal problems which arise out of change in the territorial pattern or corporate structure of school districts"--Preface.
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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"This study was undertaken for the purpose of surveying and analyzing the legal provisions of the several states pertaining to the adjustment of fiscal problems which arise out of change in the territorial pattern or corporate structure of school districts"--Preface.
An Analytic Index of Masters Theses
Author: Thomas W. Morgan
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Boundaries of School Districts in Riverside County, California
Author: Riverside County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
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Category : School districts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : School districts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Congruence of American School Districts with Other Local Government Boundaries
Author: William A. Fischel
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Economists often casually assume that a school district and a city that share the same name also share the same territory, but in fact exactly congruent boundaries are rare. Using the overlap of school district and municipal boundaries available on Google Earth, I find that about two-thirds of medium-to-large American cities have boundaries that substantially overlap those of a single school district. The degree of overlap, however, varies greatly by region and state, ranging from nearly perfect congruence in New England, New Jersey, and Virginia, to hardly any in Illinois, Texas, and Florida. Larger and older municipalities tend to have boundaries that closely match those of a single school district. The latter sections of the paper attempt to explain why school districts diverge from municipal boundaries and why they sometimes ended up with county boundaries. Modern school districts are the product of consolidations of one-room school districts from 1900 to 1970. Contrary to much historical scholarship, I argue that, outside the South, these consolidations were consented to by local voters. They preferred districts whose boundaries conformed to their everyday interactions rather than formal units of government. The South ended up with county-based school districts because segregation imposed diseconomies of scale on district operations and required larger land-area districts. The conclusion offers a social capital reason for the durability of school-district boundaries.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Economists often casually assume that a school district and a city that share the same name also share the same territory, but in fact exactly congruent boundaries are rare. Using the overlap of school district and municipal boundaries available on Google Earth, I find that about two-thirds of medium-to-large American cities have boundaries that substantially overlap those of a single school district. The degree of overlap, however, varies greatly by region and state, ranging from nearly perfect congruence in New England, New Jersey, and Virginia, to hardly any in Illinois, Texas, and Florida. Larger and older municipalities tend to have boundaries that closely match those of a single school district. The latter sections of the paper attempt to explain why school districts diverge from municipal boundaries and why they sometimes ended up with county boundaries. Modern school districts are the product of consolidations of one-room school districts from 1900 to 1970. Contrary to much historical scholarship, I argue that, outside the South, these consolidations were consented to by local voters. They preferred districts whose boundaries conformed to their everyday interactions rather than formal units of government. The South ended up with county-based school districts because segregation imposed diseconomies of scale on district operations and required larger land-area districts. The conclusion offers a social capital reason for the durability of school-district boundaries.
The Southwestern Reporter
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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Boundaries of School Districts of Butte County
Author: Butte County Public Schools
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Category : School districts
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Category : School districts
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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County School Districts
Author: Illinois State University, Center for the Study of Education Policy
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9
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Since the days when the country was dotted with one-room schoolhouses, many changes have taken place in school governance and management. In 1940, there were over 117,000 public school districts in the United States. In 2000, there were fewer than 15,000, even though the student population of the country had doubled in that time. While school districts were merging over those six decades, in some states and regions the decision was made to unify school district boundaries with other municipal boundaries, particularly county boundaries. Today, county school systems are the norm in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Studying county school district formation inevitably involves reviewing research on school consolidation in general. In reviewing school consolidation studies over the past decades, researchers have identified several perceived benefits and liabilities of consolidated districts versus independent districts. Overall, the research can be summarized as follows: (1) Economies of scale are greatest when small districts merge; as districts get larger, at some point the economies plateau, and then expenses rise with greater district complexity. In other words, there is a "point of diminishing returns"; (2) Student performance is equal or better in smaller schools; and (3) Other considerations besides finances should be part of the consolidation deliberation. Appended are: (1) Sample Case Studies--County Consolidation; and (2) County School Organization by State. (Contains 22 footnotes.).
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Languages : en
Pages : 9
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Since the days when the country was dotted with one-room schoolhouses, many changes have taken place in school governance and management. In 1940, there were over 117,000 public school districts in the United States. In 2000, there were fewer than 15,000, even though the student population of the country had doubled in that time. While school districts were merging over those six decades, in some states and regions the decision was made to unify school district boundaries with other municipal boundaries, particularly county boundaries. Today, county school systems are the norm in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Studying county school district formation inevitably involves reviewing research on school consolidation in general. In reviewing school consolidation studies over the past decades, researchers have identified several perceived benefits and liabilities of consolidated districts versus independent districts. Overall, the research can be summarized as follows: (1) Economies of scale are greatest when small districts merge; as districts get larger, at some point the economies plateau, and then expenses rise with greater district complexity. In other words, there is a "point of diminishing returns"; (2) Student performance is equal or better in smaller schools; and (3) Other considerations besides finances should be part of the consolidation deliberation. Appended are: (1) Sample Case Studies--County Consolidation; and (2) County School Organization by State. (Contains 22 footnotes.).
1992 Census of Governments
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Legal Descriptions and Maps
Author: San Bernardino County (Calif.). Superintendent of Schools
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Category : School districts
Languages : en
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Category : School districts
Languages : en
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