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The Relationship Between Five Funding Variables And Investment Income In Michigan Public School Districts, Elmer R. Hollenbeck

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Investment of school district funds occurs within the framework provided by statutes and policies of the State and local Boards of Education. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between five funding variables and investment income in Michigan public school districts. The five funding variables studied were (1) pooling versus no pooling, (2) summer tax collections versus winter tax collections, (3) in-formula versus out-of-formula status, (4) size of operating budgets, and (5) size of fund balances. The two dependent variables studied were (1) investment income and (2) rate of return on investments as a function of expenditures. …

School District Current Operating Expenditures: A Comparative Analysis Of Michigan School Districts Having A Student Population Of 10,000 To 50,000 For 1984-85, James Ross Constandt

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The purpose of this study was to compare line item current operating expenses among school districts in Michigan having a student population of 10,000 but less than 50,000 and to present a budget model which establishes minimum and maximum line item current operating expenses for such school districts. Line item expenditures were compared and analyzed among those school districts within the same student population grouping.

Local school districts in Michigan are categorized by the State Board of Education into 14 groupings based on pupil membership. School districts in Groups B and C were studied. Group B included four school districts …