TY - JOUR
T1 - Why do school district budget referenda fail?
AU - Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
AU - Ehrenberg, Randy A.
AU - Smith, Christopher L.
AU - Zhang, Liang
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Our article analyzes historical data for New York State on the percentage of school board budget proposals that are defeated each year and panel data that we have collected on budget vote success for individual school districts in the state. We find that changes in state aid have little impact on budget vote success. Defeating a budget in one year increases the likelihood that voters will defeat a budget the next year. Finally, districts have a lower probability of having their budget proposals defeated when their school board members have longer terms.
AB - Our article analyzes historical data for New York State on the percentage of school board budget proposals that are defeated each year and panel data that we have collected on budget vote success for individual school districts in the state. We find that changes in state aid have little impact on budget vote success. Defeating a budget in one year increases the likelihood that voters will defeat a budget the next year. Finally, districts have a lower probability of having their budget proposals defeated when their school board members have longer terms.
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U2 - 10.3102/01623737026002111
DO - 10.3102/01623737026002111
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:4944238521
SN - 0162-3737
VL - 26
SP - 111
EP - 125
JO - Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
JF - Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
IS - 2
ER -