01770pab a2200217 454500008004000000100002400040245009100064260000900155300001500164362001200179520110100191650002301292650002601315650002101341700001601362773003301378908000601411909001101417999001901428952010501447180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aNelson, Ashlyn Aiko  aLocal government responses to fiscal stress: Evidence from the public education sector  c2014  ap.601-614.  aSep-Oct  aThis article investigates local government responses to fiscal stress through the lens of the Kﾖ12 public education sector, examining two major policy options available to school districts for managing fiscal hardship: (1) cutting costs, especially through layoffs, and (2) raising revenues locally through voter referenda. The article employs district-level administrative and survey data from California and Indiana to examine whether school districts exhibit features of a rational or natural systemﾗin which their behaviors largely reflect fiscal pressures onlyﾗor whether they exhibit features of an open system in which nonfinancial factors also shape responses. In Indiana, district fiscal characteristics explaindifferences in cost-cutting and revenue-raising behaviors; there is little empirical evidence that school districts exhibit features of an open system. In California, both fiscal and environmental attributes, including poverty characteristics, average student achievement levels, and the enrollment of English learner students, explain school district behaviors. - Repro  aEconomic recession  aPublic administration  aLocal government  aBalu, Rekha  aPublic Administration Review  aN  a106296  c106291d106291  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 74, Issue no: 5pAR106756r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR