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Consolidation Of California School Districts To Achieve Financial Equalization., Ronald Alfonso Dangaran

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether it was possible to develop an effective consolidation plan which would result in greater equalization of financial resources, more equitable tax structures and an increase in the revenue available for school support among California school districts within the requirements established by the Serrano v. Priest case.

Procedure: The most recent data available were collected from the California State Department of Education and eleven county school superintendents' offices. The following data for every elementary, secondary and unified school district in the state were included: (1) modified assessed valuation of real property, …

Preferences For Serrano-Priest Finance Proposals Expressed By California Superintendents., Thomas Arthur Wilberding

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The financial implications of Serrano vs. Priest have caused a great amount of concern in California among the superintendents of the school districts at all levels of organization. The purpose of this study was to determine how superintendents throughout the state felt about the finance plans suggested in the Jefferson decision in terms of each plan's impact on their school district.