Abstract
The effect of an aging rural population on future support for locallygenerated education financing policy options is examined. Results of a survey of rural Illinois residents show that retirees support local public education, but their level ofsupport is slightly lowerthan non-retirees. Furtheranalysis of local educationbond referenda in Illinois indicates that a higher percentage of aged does not appear to adverselyaffect the passage of a referendum. The analysis challenges the conventional wisdom that retirees do not support local education
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Deller, S. C. & Walzer, N., (1993) “The Effects of an Aging Rural Population on the Financing of Rural Public Education”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 9(2), 104–114.
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