Report of the Committee

ON

Taxation as Related to Public
Education

TO THE

National Council of Education

July, 1905

PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION

HISTORICAL STATEMENT.

SECRETARY'S MINUTES....

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE-Greenwood....

A. Apportionment of Money for Maintenance....

Table I. School expenditures classified by groups of cities based on

population......

Table II. Expenditures for instruction and supervision in 1902-3....
Table III. Relation of school expenditures to municipal expenditures.
Table IV. School expenditures classified by geographical divisions...

B. Observations on Tables I. and II....

C. The Administration of School Affairs..

D. Summary....

METHODS OF TAXATION IN NEW YORK CITY-Maxwell..

TAXATION FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES-Schaeffer.....

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A COMPARATIVE STATISTICAL STUDY OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE IN THE SOUTH—

McIver, Coon..

Part I. Financial ability to levy school taxes..

Part II School taxation laws and funds raised for schools..

Part III. Twenty years' progress in decreasing illiteracy..

Part IV. Twenty-five years of general educational progress.

Part V. Statistics relating to education, 1850-1860...

TAXATION FOR STATE PURPOSES IN PENNSYLVANIA-Schaeffer..

Sources of revenue with table..

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50

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63

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69

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Tax legislation in Pennsylvania. . ..

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METHOD OF TAXATION FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES IN INDIANA-Carr.

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TABLE V.-SHOWING RELATION OF COST OF SCHOOLS TO MUNICIPAL EXPENDI-

TURES, ETC.....

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TABLE VI.-SHOWING RELATION OF COST OF EACH MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT

TO EACH DOLLAR FOR SCHOOLS...

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