State school revenue legislation, 1929-1933

This publication reviews school revenue legislation for the years 1929 to 1933. During this five-year period the problem of state school finance has received increasing attention from educators, legislators, and the public in general. During this period the gross expenditures for public education climbed to the highest point they have yet reached. During this period also the nation suffered a serious economic depression which taxed alike the ingenuity of school officers in devising programs of maximum economy and the wisdom of legislatures in providing funds for the support of the schools. State tax commissions and state school survey commissions were created in many states. Their reports stimulated study and action by the various legislatures looking toward more adequate methods of providing and distributing state school revenues. During this period also, under the auspices of the federal government, an important national survey of the financing of education was instituted.