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1. 2.1 - Which of the following is a reason for increasing costs in education?

   A.	decreasing revenues for education from local, state and federal sources
   B.	privatization of many school services
   C.	schools reaching out to supply new curricula and provide new methods of attaining increasingly complex and comprehensive goals
   D.	the excess number of teachers available for teaching positions

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QUESTION 9

1. 6.1 - Which of the following statements would be an improvement that would result from reducing the number of school districts?

   A.	state support formulas can be simplified, and the greater equality of educational opportunity for all school pupils can result as the number and kinds of administrative units are reduced
   B.	the smaller the school district, the greater the probability of efficiency in the expenditure of funds
   C.	the larger the school district, the more personal and responsive the district could be in reacting to local programs
   D.	larger school districts make possible the viability of greater innovation and implementation of local initiatives

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QUESTION 10

1. 4.3 - Select the following factor that would not be appropriate to include in the determination of the weighted pupil process or formula:

   A.	special education factors
   B.	sparsity and or density factors
   C.	criteria for measuring student academic performance
   D.	grade level of students

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QUESTION 11

1. 4.1 - Which of the following is NOT included in one of the three methods of state participation possible for financing and operating public schools?

   A.	state trust land funding from severance revenues
   B.	state operation of public schools, with reductions in local school board operational and administrative responsibilities
   C.	the foundation approach with local tax funds to produce a state-guaranteed level of support
   D.	complete state support with state basic programs increased to adequate levels

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QUESTION 12

1. 4.2 - Identify which of the following may be a consequence of increases in state support for funding education.

   A.	decrease competition for state funds between school districts
   B.	reduce the role of local school boards in administering schools to an undesirable and irreversible point
   C.	increase extent of parent and school district wealth in determination of per pupil expenditure
   D.	decrease state reliance on state sales and income taxes for education

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QUESTION 13

1. 3.3 - In the early history of the United States many of the individual states were slow in accepting major responsibility for financing public schools. Consequently:

   A.	the federal government had to play a major role in funding schools
   B.	local funding became necessary and proved to be the most fair and equitable means of funding schools
   C.	full local district funding was the first of all school finance systems
   D.	flat grants were implemented by states because of their ability to equalize funding for local districts