An Analysis of Public School Finance in New Mexico for Three Selected Years of the Decade 1937-38 to 1947-48

Author

William Laurence Ullom

Publication Date

5-25-1949

Abstract

The purpose of this study is four-fold: (1) to synthesize previous studies related to the sources of revenue comprising the common school fund of New Mexico; (2) to analyze each component source of revenue of the common school fund for the ten-year period 1938 to 1948 and determine the amount derived from each and the trends revealed; (3) to analyze the distribution of the common school fund revenues for the ten-year period 1938 to 1948 and compute the expenditures for each type of school service; and (4) to compare by counties the distribution of funds according to the average daily attendance equalization law now utilized, the proposed classroom unit method recommended by the New Mexico school survey, and the new distribution procedure enacted by the 1949 legislature.

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

Bonner Milton Crawford

Second Committee Member

Everett Hays Fixley

Third Committee Member

Simon Peter Nanninga

Recommended Citation

Ullom, William Laurence. "An Analysis of Public School Finance in New Mexico for Three Selected Years of the Decade 1937-38 to 1947-48." (1949). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/educ_teelp_etds/234