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FINANCE and Funding
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POLL RESULTS

Cap on School Budgets
Question 1: Would you approve or disapprove of a law in this state that would put a top limit on the amount of money which could be included in the local public schools' annual budget? (Asked in: 1979.)
[Code: 129-FinCX-1]

Equity of Funding
Question 2: The quality of the public schools varies greatly from community to community and from state to state because of differences in the amount of taxes taken in to support schools. Do you think more should be done to improve the quality of the public schools in the poorer states and in the poorer communities or not? (Asked in: 1989, 1993.)
[Code: 136-FinEX-2]

Question 3: Would you be willing or not willing to pay more taxes to improve the quality of the public schools in the poorer states and poorer communities? (Asked in: 1989, 1993.)
[Code: 137-FinEX-3]

Question 4: Do you think the amount of money allocated to public education in this state from all sources should or should not be the same for all students whether or not they live in wealthy or poor districts? (Asked in: 1991, 1993, 2002.)
[Code: 132-FinEX-4]

Question 5: Suppose it were determined that certain districts in this state were spending a smaller amount of money per student than other districts. Would you favor or oppose court action to equalize expenditures per student? (Asked in: 1991.)
[Code: 135-FinEX-5]

Question 6: Just your impression, how much would you say the quality of the education provided by the public schools in your state differs from school district to school district - a great deal, quite a lot, not too much, or not at all? (Asked in: 1993, 2001, 2012.)
[Code: 134-FinEX-6]

Question 7: Again, just your impression, how much would you say the amount of money spent on the public schools in your state differs from school district to school district - a great deal, quite a lot, not too much, or not at all? (Asked in: 1993, 2001.)
[Code: 130-FinEX-7]

Question 8: In your opinion, how much does the amount of money spent on a public school student's education affect the quality of his or her education - a great deal, quite a lot, not too much, or not at all? (Asked in: 1993, 2001, 2010.)
[Code: 133-FinEX-8]

Question 9: Do you think that the amount of money allocated to education in your state should or should not be the same for all students, even if it means taking funding from some wealthy school districts and giving it to poor districts? (Asked in: 1993.)
[Code: 131-FinEX-9]

Federal Aid for the Public Schools
Question 10: If and when more federal money from Washington is available, which one of the areas on this card do you think should be given first consideration when these funds are distributed? And which one of these areas do you think should be given second consideration? And which one of these areas do you think should be give third consideration? (Asked in: 1975, 1982.)
[Code: 138-FinFX-10]

Funding and Achievement
Question 11: In some school districts, about $600 is spent per child per school year; some school districts spend more than $1,200. Do you think this additional expenditure of money makes a great deal of difference in the achievement or progress of students - or little difference? (Asked in: 1973.)
[Code: 139-FinFX-11]

Funding Men's vs. Women's Sports
Question 12: The federal government may require all high schools to spend the same amount of money on women's sports as on men's sports. Do you approve or disapprove of this plan? (Asked in: 1979.)
[Code: 140-FinFX-12]

Higher Taxes?
Question 13: Suppose the local public schools said they needed much more money. As you feel at this time, would you vote to raise taxes for this purpose, or would you vote against raising taxes for this purpose? (Asked in: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986.)
[Code: 142-FinHX-13]

Question 14: Would you be willing to pay more taxes to help raise the standards of education in the United States? (Asked in: 1988.)
[Code: 143-FinHX-14]

Knowledge About Federal Aid
Question 15: Do you happen to know whether the schools in your school district receive any money from the federal government (the government in Washington)? (Asked in: 1975.)
[Code: 144-FinKX-15]

Question 16: What part of the school budget in your district do you think this federal money represents - a small part, a fairly sizable part, or a very large part of the budget. (Asked of those who said the schools in their school district receive money from the federal government.) (Asked in: 1975.)
[Code: 145-FinKX-16]

Local Control of Federal Programs
Question 17: When federal agencies appropriate money for educational programs, they usually require the schools that receive this money to spend it as these agencies direct. Should, or should not, this be changed to permit local school authorities to decide how the money is to be spent? (Asked in: 1977.)
[Code: 146-FinLX-17]

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