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Education Finance, including the equity and distribution of funds to local school districts, the allocation and use of educational resources at the district, school and classroom level, and the legal aspects of school finance reform; School business administration and management; and the application of computer technologies to the operation and management of school systems.
Manage the research program the Center's education finance projects including:
Serve as a consultant to The RAND Corporation on matters pertaining to educational finance, cost analysis and microcomputer database development and management.
The RAND Graduate School requires students to devote approximately two-thirds of their time to gaining on-the-job training through participation in RAND project work. Work assignments included:
Part time work with an educational research and development firm in conjunction with graduate studies at the University of Chicago. Areas of expertise include:
Half-time responsibilities with the Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies included the conduct of policy research and analysis for the Chief State School Officers in the Northwest, Hawaii and the Pacific.
Half-time responsibilities with the Regional Research and Development Services Program included providing services to local school districts, State Education Agencies and private schools on a contract basis, and conducting a variety of workshops for educational practitioners.
Served as the principal staff member for a three phase school finance study in Montana. The study included simulating and analyzing state funding formula options; developing a budgeting and accounting system for special education finance; and the designing of specifications for an accounting system for five regional vocational/technical schools throughout the state.
Served as the Association's assistant lobbyist occurring the 1977 regular session of the Oregon Legislature. Also responsible for the coordination of a state-wide political campaign to pass a special election ballot measure designed to reform Oregon school finance.
Principal author of Financing Oregon's Schools (Portland School District, 1976) and worked with the director of Intergovernmental Relations to research the impact of proposed changes in the Oregon school finance formula.
Part-time consultant work targeting and analyzing election results for school district tax levy elections, and developing campaign strategies for future elections.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Wattenbarger, J.L. eds. (1995). Where does the Money Go? Resource Allocation in Elementary and Secondary Schools. 1995 Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association, Newbury Park, CA: Corwin Press.
Wood, Craig, David Thompson, Lawrence O. Picus and Donald Tharpe. (1995). Principles of School Business Management. 2nd ed. Reston, VA: ASBO, International.
Berne, Robert and Lawrence O. Picus. eds. (1994). Outcome Equity in Education. Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association, Newbury Park, CA: Corwin Press.
Odden, Allan and Lawrence O. Picus. (1992). School Finance: A Policy Perspective, New York: McGraw-Hill.
Kazlauskas, Edward and Lawrence O. Picus. (1991). Administrative Uses of Microcomputers in Schools: A Systems Analysis Approach to Selecting, Designing, and Implementing Automated Systems. Reston VA: Association of School Business Officials, International.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1996). Estimating the Costs of Student Assessment in North Carolina nd Kentucky: A State level Analysis. Los Angeles, CA: Center for Research on Student Standards, Evaluation and Testing. Technical Report Number 408.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Costs of Alternative Assessment. Los Angeles, CA: Center for Research on Student Standards, Evaluation and Testing. Technical Report Number 384.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1988). The Effect of State Grant-In-Aid Policies on Local Government Decision Making: The Case of California School Finance, Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, P-7492-RGS.
Kakalik, James, Elizabeth M. King, Michael Traynor, Patricia A. Ebener, and Lawrence O. Picus. (1988), Costs and Compensation Paid in Aviation Accident Litigation, Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, R-3421-ICJ, 1988.
Kakalik, James, James Smith, Elizabeth M. King, Michael Traynor, Patricia A. Ebener, and Lawrence O. Picus. (1988). Executive Summaries of the Aviation Accident Study, Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, R-3684-ICJ.
Kakalik, James, Patricia A. Ebener and Lawrence Picus. (1988). Aviation Accident Litigation Survey: Data Collection Forms, Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, N-2773-ICJ, 1988.
Payne, Judith, with Martha Samulon, Peter Morrison, Carole Oken, Rick Eden and Lawrence O. Picus. (1988). Public Libraries Face California's Racial Diversity. Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, R-3656-SUL.
Shavelson, Richard, Lorraine McDonnell, Jeanie Oakes, Neil Carey with Lawrence O. Picus (1987). Indicator Systems for Monitoring Mathematics and Science Education, Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, R-3570-NSF, August 1987.
Selvin, Molly and Lawrence O. Picus. (1987). The Debate over Jury Performance: Observations from a Recent Asbestos Case, Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, R-3479-ICJ.
Picus, Lawrence O. (forthcoming). Does Money Matter in Education? A Policymaker's Guide. In Fowler, W. (ed). Selected Papers in School Finance, 1995. Washington D.C. National Center for Education Statistics.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Fazal, Minaz B. (1995). "Why Do We Need to Know What Money Busy? Research on Resource Allocation Patterns in Elementary and Secondary Schools." in Picus, Lawrence O. and Wattenbarger, J.L. eds. Where does the Money Go? Resource Allocation in Elementary and Secondary Schools. 1995 Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association, Newbury Park, CA: Corwin Press.
Picus, Lawrence O.,Tetreault, D. (1995). "California" in Gold, Steve. ed. Public School Finance Programs of the United States and Canada, American Education Finance Association. 2nd edition.
Picus, Lawrence O., and Fazal, Minaz. (1995). The $300 Billion Question: How Do Public Elementary and Secondary Schools Spend Their Money? in Fowler, William J. ed. Developments in School Finance. Washington D.C. Natioal Center for Education Statistics.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992) "Using Incentives to Stimulate Improved School Performance: An Assessment of Alternative Approaches." in Odden, Allan. ed. Restructuring School Finance for the 1990s. New York: Josey Bass, Inc.
Picus, Lawrence O., Lori Kim and Allan Odden, (1992). "California" in Gold, Steve. ed. Public School Finance Programs of the United States and Canada, American Education Finance Association.
Picus, Lawrence O., and Allan Odden. (1992). "A Computer Simulation for Teaching School Finance, in Problem Based Educational Leadership Programs, A book prepared for the San Francisco Forum on Problem Based Learning, Fairfax, VA: National Policy Board for Educational Administration.
Murphy, J. and Picus, Lawrence O. (in press). Special Program Encroachment on School District General Funds in California: Implicaitons for Serrano Equalization. Journal of Education Finance. 21(3).
Odden, A. Monk, D. Nakib, Y. and Picus, L. (1995). "The Story of the Education Dollar: No Academy Awards and No Fiscal Smoking Guns." Phi Delta Kappan. 77(2), 161-168.
Picus, L.O. (1995). What Does the Money Buy? Allocation and Use of Educational Resources. School Business Affairs. 61(8), 13-21.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Caryl Miller. (1995) "Cost and Service Delivery Trade-offs in Providing Educational Services for Students With Profound Disabilities Educational Administration Quarterly, 31(2), 268-293.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1995). "Education's Systemic Reform - Implications for School Business Administrators. School Business Affairs. 61(1), January. 5-10.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). "Achieving Program Equity: Are Markets the Answer?" Educational Policy, 8(4): 568-581.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). "The Local Impact of School Finance Reform in Texas," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 16(4). 391-404.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Toenjes, Laurence. (1994). "Texas School Finance: Assessing the Impact of Multiple Reforms." Journal of Texas Public Education. 2(1).
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). "A Computer Simulation for Teaching School Finance." Journal of Policy Analysis & Management. 13(2): 376-390
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). "Estimating the Determinants of Pupil/Teacher Ratios: Evidence from the Schools and Staffing Survey." Educational Considerations 21(2), 44-52.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994) "What Does the Money Buy? An Analysis of Spending and Resource Allocations in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States." Proceedings of the Eighty-Sixth Annual Conference of the National Tax Association.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Linda Hertert. (1993). "A School Finance Dilemma for Texas: Achieving Equity in a time of Fiscal Constraint." Texas Researcher, 4 pp. 1-28
Picus, Lawrence O. and Linda Hertert. (1993). "Three Strikes and You're Out: Texas School Finance After Edgewood III." Journal of Education Finance, 18(4).
Picus, Lawrence O.(1992). "An Update on California School Finance 1992-93: What Does the Future Hold?" Journal of Education Finance 18(2).
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991). "Cadillacs or Chevrolets?: The Effects of State Control on School Finance in California," Journal of Education Finance, 17(1), 33-59.
Theobald, Neil and Lawrence O. Picus. (1991). "Living With Equal Amounts of Less: Experiences of States with Primarily State-Funded School Systems," Journal of Education Finance, 17(1), 1-6.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991b). "Incentive Funding Programs and School District Response: California and Senate Bill 813," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 13(3), 289-308
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990a). "Incentive Funding Programs and School District Response: Evidence From California," The Western Governmental Researcher, VI(1&2), 239-281
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990b). "School District Planning and Accountability: The Role of State Fiscal Reporting Systems," The Journal of School Business Management, 2(1), 49-62.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Minaz Bhimani. (1993). "Estimating the Impact of District Characteristics on Pupil/Teacher Ratios." Journal of the American Statistical Association. Proceedings of the annual conference of the American Statistical Association, San Francisco, CA. August, 1993.
Guest Editor, School Business Affairs, 61(8), August, 1995. Issue theme - School finance Equity.
Guest Editor, School Business Affairs, 61(1), January, 1995. Issue theme - Education Reform and the School Business Administrator.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1995). "You Add $7 Billion in Taxes and What Do You Get? Four Years Older and Deeper in Debt... California School finance, 1995. in Edlefson, C. ed. School Finance Policy Isues in the States and Provinces. Proceedings of the Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Education Finance Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association, 1995. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). "California School Finance 1993-94: Schools on Shaky Ground." Proceedings of the Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Education Finance Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association, 1993. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Garcy, Lorraine. (1992). "Supplemental Grants in California School Finance: A New Trend?" in Westbrook, Kathleen C. ed. State of the States '92: Bridging Finance's Troubled Waters. Proceedings of the Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Education Finance Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association, 1992. Chicago, IL: Loyola University.
Miller, Caryl J., Susan A. Stark and Lawrence O. Picus. (1993). "Maintaining Quality Special Education Programs." Thrust for Educational Leadership, 22(4) 38-43.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). "Using Computers to Teach School Finance," Design for Leadership, summer 1992 p. 2
Picus, Lawrence O. (1989a). "Microcomputer Applications for Strategic Management in Education: A Case Study Approach," by Craig Richards, Journal of Education Finance, 15(2), 1989
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Vital Links Program, funded by Davidson Communications, Inc. January through June 1996 ($47,000).
Co-Principal Investigator (with Yasser Nakib), Analysis of Educational Productivity using NELS:88 data, AERA, June 1994 through June 1996 ($25,000).
Principal Investigator, Project to measure the costs of alternative assessments, funded by the Center for Research on Evaluation Student Standards and Testing (CRESST), December, 1993 through November, 1995 ($85,000 a year for two years).
Co-Principal Investigator (with Allan Odden), National Center for Research on Education Finance and Productivity. ($6 million over five years). December 1990 through November 1995. Funded by the Office of Education Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education.
Principal Investigator, study of what educational dollars buy in Florida and Minnesota. ($223,000 funded by the Mellon Foundation). January 1992 through June 1994.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Allan Odden), Establishment of a Center to study educational finance and productivity issues. ($250,000 from the Carnegie Corporation). January 1990 through June 1992.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Allan Odden and Priscilla Wohlstetter), An Evaluation of Site Based Management. ($657,000 over three years). January 1992 through December 1994. Funded by the Office of Education Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education.
Principal Investigator, study of educational resource allocation and use in Florida. ($10,000 funded by Florida State University). January, 1993 to July 1993.
Principal Investigator, Analysis of school district incentive funding programs in California. ($2,500 from Educare, a USC School of Education program to assist Education faculty with research efforts). April 1989 to April 1990.
Principal Investigator, Analysis of school district expenditures across various functions in California. ($6,000 from the Haynes Foundation). June 1989 to June 1990.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1995). Does Money Matter in Education? A Policy Maker's Guide. Prepared for the National Center on Educational Statistics.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). Program Equity: Are Markets the Answer? Prepared for the CPRE Forum on Program Equity, September, 1993.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). Estimating the Costs of Increased Learning Time. Prepared for the National Commission on Time and Learning.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Yasser Nakib. (1993). The Allocation and Use of Educational Resources in Florida School Districts. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 39.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993e). The Allocation and Use of Educational Resources: School Level Evidence from the Schools and Staffing Survey. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 37.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The Local Impact of School Finance Reform in Texas. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 36.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The Allocation and Use of Educational Resources: District Level Evidence from the Schools and Staffing Survey. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 34.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Linda Hertert. (1993). A School Finance Dilemma for Texas: Achieving Equity in a time of Fiscal Constraint. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 33.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Caryl J. Miller. (1992). Cost and Service Delivery Trade-offs in Providing Educational Services for Students with Profound Disabilities. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 28.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Lorraine Garcy. (1992). Supplemental Grants in California School finance: A new Trend. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 19.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Linda Hertert. (1992). Three Strikes and You're Out: Texas School Finance After Edgewood III. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 15.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992c).The Effects of State Control on School Finance in California. Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, Policy Brief No. 1.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991c). Cadillacs or Chevrolets: Effects of State Control on School Finance in California. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 6.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991d). Using Incentives to Stimulate Improved School Performance: An Assessment of Alternative Approaches. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Working Paper No. 4. Picus, Lawrence O. (1991e). Using Incentives to Stimulate Improved School Performance: An Assessment of Alternative Approaches. Los Angeles, CA: USC Center for Research in Education Finance, Policy Brief No. 4.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990c) The Administrative Blob: Myth or Reality? Prepared for the Michigan State Business Roundtable.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990d). A State-Wide Fiscal Database for California: Are Local School Districts Interested? Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California (PACE).
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990e). How Did School Districts Spend Senate Bill 813 Dollars: Does the Choice of Funding Instruments Matter? Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California (PACE).
Picus, Lawrence O. (1989b).Conducting the Cost of A School Study: Issues and Problems, Submitted to the California Department of Education as part of the PACE School Operations Study.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1989c). Should California Develop A State-Wide Fiscal Data Base for School Districts? Responses from the Field, Final Report of the PACE School Operations Study, Submitted to the California Department of Education.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1995). California School Finance. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the California Education Research Association, November, 1995, Lake Tahoe, CA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1995). What Education Dollars Buy: Evidence from California. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April, 1995, San Francisco, CA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1995). You Add $7 Billion in Taxes and What Do You Get? Four Years Older and Deeper in Debt. . . California School Finance, 1995. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April, 1995, San Francisco, CA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1995). A Policymaker's Guide to Interpretationof Reseaech on How Money Makes a Difference. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March, 1995, Savannah, GA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1995). The Allocation and Use of K-12 Educational Resources: An Update of What Dollars Buy in California. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March, 1995, Savannah, GA.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Donald Tetreault. (1995). Patterns of Resource Allocaiton in California Public School Districts. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March, 1995, Savannah, GA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). Estimating the Costs of Increased Learning Time. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April, 1994, New Orleans, LA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). How School Districts Use Educational Resources. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April, 1994, New Orleans, LA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). Current School Finance Policy in California. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April, 1994, New Orleans, LA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). What Education Dollars Buy. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March, 1994, Nashville, Tennessee.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). Evolution of School Finance: Inputs to Outcomes. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March, 1994, Nashville, Tennessee.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1994). Texas School Finance: Assessing the Impact of Multiple Reforms. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March, 1994, Nashville, Tennessee.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). Determinants of School District Spending Patterns. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the National Tax Association, November, 1993, St. Paul Minnesota.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Minaz Bhimani. (1993). Estimating the Impact of District Characteristics on Pupil/Teacher Ratios. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, August, 1993, San Francisco, CA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The Allocation and Use of Educational Resources at the District and School Level Using National Data Bases. Presented to the Annual Meeting of State Data collection Officials for the National Center for Education Statistics, July 1993, Washington D.C.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The State of the States: California . Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April 1993, Atlanta, Georgia.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The Local Impact of School Finance Reform in Texas. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April 1993, Atlanta, Georgia.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Linda Hertert. (1993). A School Finance Dilemma for Texas: Achieving Equity in a Time of Fiscal Constraint. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April 1993, Atlanta, Georgia.
Picus, Lawrence O., Caryl J. Miller and Susan A. Stark. (1993). Costs and Benefits of Taking Back Severely Handicapped Educational Programs. Presented to the County School Board Conference of the California School Boards Association, March 1993, Monterey, California.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The Allocation and Use of Educational Resources at the School Level: Evidence From Florida. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 1993, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The Local Impact of School Finance Reform in Texas. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 1993, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). Approaches and Dimensions to Teaching Graduate Education Finance Courses. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 1993, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The Allocation and Use of Educational Resources: District Level Evidence from the Schools and Staffing Survey. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 1993, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1993). The Allocation and Use of Educational Resources: School Level Evidence from the Schools and Staffing Survey. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 1993, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Linda Hertert. (1993). A School Finance Dilemma for Texas: Achieving Equity in a Time of Fiscal Constraint. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 1993, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). A Systems Approach to the Implementation of Automated Systems. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Association of School Business Officials, International, October, 1992, Anaheim, California
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). How Site Based Management will Impact the Job of School Business Officials. Presented to the California Association of School Business Officials, June, 1992, Pomona, California.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). Site Based Management and the School Business Office, Presented to the California Association of School Business Officials, May 1992, Los Angeles California.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Lorraine Garcy. (1992). Supplemental Grants in California School Finance: A New Trend, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, April 1992, San Francisco, CA
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). The State of the State: California, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, April 1992, San Francisco, CA
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). How Education Dollars Are Spent Across the States, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, April 1992, San Francisco, CA
Picus, Lawrence O. and Linda Hertert. (1992). Three Strikes and You're Out: Texas School Finance after Edgewood III, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1992, New Orleans, LA
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). How Education Dollars Are Spent Across the States, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1992, New Orleans, LA
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). The Research Agenda of the Finance Center of CPRE, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1992, New Orleans, LA
Picus, Lawrence O. (1992). Will Greater State Equalization in the 90s Lead to More Equal Amounts of Less? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1992, New Orleans, LA
Picus, Lawrence O. and Caryl J. Miller. (1992). A Fiscal Model for Taking Back Special Education Programs for California School Districts, Presented to the Special Education Conference of the Association of California School Administrators, January 1992, Monterey, CA
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991). Using Incentives to Stimulate Improved School Performance: An Assessment of Alternative Approaches, presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Public Policy and Analysis and Management annual meeting, October 1991, Washington D.C.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991). The California Budget Situation, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 1991, Chicago, IL.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991). Cadillacs or Chevrolets? The Effects of State Control on School Finance in California, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1991, Williamsburg, VA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991). Using Incentives to Stimulate Improved School Performance: An Assessment of Alternative Approaches, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1991, Williamsburg, VA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991). The Role and Research Agenda of School Finance Centers, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1991, Williamsburg, VA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991). A Simulation Model for Teaching School Finance, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1991, Williamsburg, VA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1991). The Research Agenda of the Center for Educational Finance and Productivity, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1991, Williamsburg, VA.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990). School District Planning and Accountability: The Role of State Fiscal Reporting Systems, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 1990, Boston, Mass.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990). Incentive Funding Programs and School District Response, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 1990, Boston, Mass.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990). How Formula Design Affects Use of Education Reform Dollars, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 1990, Boston, Mass.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990). Incentive Funding Programs and School District Response: Evidence From California Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Governmental Research Association, Oakland, California, March 1990.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990). School District Planning and Accountability: The Role of State Fiscal Reporting Systems, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1990, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1990). Is There a Role for Incentive Programs in School Finance? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Finance Association, March 1990, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1989). Local Fiscal and Programmatic Effects of California's Education Reform, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 10, 1989, San Antonio, Texas.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1989). Yearbook Roundtable: Budgetary Theory and Reality: A Microview, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 10, 1989, San Antonio, Texas.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1989). The Future of Education Finance and Business Management Instruction in the Context of Current Reform, Presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Finance Association, March 10, 1989, San Antonio, Texas.
Invited Testimony in opposition to SB 290, (Bill to break up the Los Angeles Unified School District), before the California Assembly Education Committee, July 14, 1993.
Keynote Speaker, "School Finance and Urban School Districts." National School Boards Association, Coalition of Urban Boards of Education, June 28, 1993.
Invited Testimony, "Estimating the Costs of a Longer School Day and Longer School Year". Presented a hearing of the National Commission on Time and Learning, March 28, 1993, Santa Monica, CA.
Presenter, "What the Dollars Buy, the Allocation and Use of Educational Resources." Presented to Congressional Staff members, February 1993, Washington D.C.
Presenter, "What the Dollars Buy, the Allocation and Use of Educational Resources." Presented to The affiliated organizations of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, February 1993, Washington D.C.
Invited Presenter, "Future Trends in School Finance Research," Presented to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Education Commission of the States second annual joint school finance conference, February, 1993, Nashville, Tennessee,
Member, expert panel on school finance issues for the Government Accounting Office, January, 1993.
Invited Presenter, "Emerging Trends in School Finance." Presented to the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Learning Partnership, December 1992, Los Angeles, California.
Invited Presenter, "California School Finance: What Does the Future Hold?" Presented to the Education Committee of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, July, 1992, Los Angeles, California.
Invited Presenter, "How Education Dollars Are Spent Across the States," Presented at the third annual CPRE, Danforth, Mcrel Conference on School Finance, February 1992, Kansas City, KS
Invited Presenter, "Fiscal Incentives in School Finance: An Assessment of Alternative Approaches," Presented at the Center for the American Woman and Politics Forum for Women State Legislators, November 1991, San Diego, CA Invited Presenter, "Fiscal Incentives in School Finance: An Assessment of Alternative Approaches," presented to staff members of the Florida State Legislature and faculty at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, October, 1991.
Invited Testimony, "Supplemental Grants in California School Finance ." Testimony before the California Assembly Committee on Education, October 7, 1991, Santa Ana, California.
Invited Presenter, "Issues in Higher Education Finance," Presented to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Assembly on the Legislature, September, 1991, Portland Maine.
Invited Presenter, "State Finance Options for Site Based Management," Presented to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Assembly on the Legislature, September, 1991, Portland Maine.
Invited Presenter, "Emerging Trends in School Finance Research: The Use of Large Scale Federal Data Bases." Presented to the Annual Meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Orlando, Florida, August, 1991.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1987). Paradox - WordPerfect Database, CPRE Core Data Base, Waves 1 and 2: Documentation, Prepared for the Center for Policy Research in Education.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1984). An Evaluation of Alternative Kindergarten and First Grade Programs in the Lombard School District, Prepared for the Lombard School District, Lombard Illinois, Glen Ellyn, IL, Institute for Educational Research.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1984). Middle Schools or Junior High Schools? A Review of the Literature, Prepared for the Forest Park School district, Forest Park, Illinois, Glen Ellyn, IL: Institute for Educational Research.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Jennifer Bosma. (1984).Teacher and Student Views on the Multi-Level Class Structure at Homewood-Flossmore High School, Prepared for the Homewood-Flossmore High School District, Homewood, Illinois, Glen Ellyn, IL: Institute for Educational Research.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Jennifer Bosma. (1984). An Evaluation of Teacher Inservice Programs: Questionnaire Results, Prepared for the Dundee School District, Dundee, Illinois, Glen Ellyn, IL: Institute for Educational Research.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Thomas Sachse. (1983). Teaching Problem Solving Skills: A Research Synthesis, Prepared for the Alaska Department of Education, Juneau Alaska, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Donald Holznagel. (1983). Electronic Communication Networks: Policy Implications for SEAs, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, June 1983.
Allen, Jack E., Judy Edwards Allen and Lawrence O. Picus. (1983). A Study of the Electronic Data Processing Systems of the Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate: Findings and Recommendations, Prepared for the Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, Honolulu, Hawaii, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Allen, Jack E., Tom Olson and Lawrence O. Picus. (1983). A study of Needs in the Billings Schools, Prepared for the Billings School District, Billings Montana, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1982). District Ownership vs. Contracting for Pupil Transportation: An Update, Prepared for the Portland, Oregon School District, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Maria-Luisa Gonzalez (1982). Problem Clarification Services: Assessment of Client Satisfaction, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1982). The Education of Special Populations in the Northwest and Hawaii: A Regional Depiction Study, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1982). A National Survey of Alternatives to Strikes by Public School Employees, Prepared for the Oregon Task Force on Alternatives to Strikes by Public School Employees, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Carolyn Cohen (1982). Emerging Trends in Secondary Education, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1982). Education and Work Program Review: A Summary of 12 Regional Perspectives on the Laboratory's Responsiveness to R&D Needs in Education and Work, Education and Work Program, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1981). The Education of Southeast Asian Refugee Students in the Northwest and Hawaii: A Regional Depiction Study, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1981). An Analysis of the Costs of Student Activity Programs: Final Report, Prepared for the five school districts in the St. Helen's Athletic Conference, Southwest Washington, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1981). Final Report and Recommendations: Rainier Transportation Study, Prepared for the Rainier School District, Rainier, Oregon, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1981). Pendleton Elementary School Enrollment and Boundary Study, Prepared for the Pendleton School District, Pendleton, Oregon, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1981). Tuition Tax Credits: A Review of Current Proposals and Their Potential Impact, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1981). Cheeney Enrollment Projection and Facilities Study, Prepared for the Cheeney School District, Cheeney, Washington, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1980). State Expenditure Analysis: Highlights, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1980) Educational Expenditures 1969-1979: An Analysis, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Olson, Thomas, Judy Bridges and Lawrence O. Picus. (1980). A Snapshot of Montana's Public Secondary and Post-Secondary Vocational Education Programs, Prepared for the Montana State Vocational Education Advisory Council, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1980). The Need for a Pupil Transportation Research and Technical Assistance Center in the Northwest, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1979a). Planning Paper: Northwest Energy Education Clearinghouse, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1979b). The Voucher Movement as A Freedom of Choice Issue, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1979c). The Regulation Development Process: The Community Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act, Prepared for the Community Education Program, United States Office of Education, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Allen, Jack E., Lawrence O. Picus and Al Harrison. (1979d). Final Report and Recommendations: Sumner Transportation Study, Prepared for the Sumner School District, Sumner Washington, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1979e). District Ownership vs. Contracting for Pupil Transportation: An Analysis, Prepared for the Portland School District, Portland Oregon, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1979f). Why Property Tax Limitations Won't Limit Everyone's Taxes, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1979g). A Brief Analysis of the Implementation of Idaho's 1% Initiative, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. (1979h). California and Proposition 13: A Brief Analysis, Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Allen, Jack E., Lawrence O. Picus and Al Harrison (1979) Final Report and Recommendations: Lake Stevens Pupil Transportation Cooperative Feasibility, Prepared for a consortium of seven school districts in Western Washington, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Jack E. Allen. (1979). Northwest Energy Education Survey, Prepared for the Bonneville Power Administration and the Project for Energy/Energy Conservation Education, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Allen, Jack E., Lawrence O. Picus and Al Harrison. (1978). Final Report and Recommendations: Yelm Area Pupil Transportation Cooperative Feasibility Study, Prepared for a consortium of 21 school districts in Southwest Washington, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Rath, Robert R. (1978). Montana Foundation Study: Final Report, Prepared for the Montana State Office of Public Instruction, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Allen, Jack E. and Lawrence O. Picus. (1978). A Study of Education Service Districts in Oregon, Prepared for the Oregon Educational Coordinating Commission, Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Picus, Lawrence O. and Charles A. Clemans. (1976). Financing Oregon's Schools, Portland, OR: Portland Public Schools.
President-elect, American Education Finance Association, 1995
Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Association of School Business Officials, International (ASBO).
Chair, School Finance Committee of Assemblywoman Juanita McDonald's Urban Education Task Force, October 1994 to present.
Member, Design and Coordination Teams for the Los Angeles Learning Center, an experimental school design developed through the support of the New American Schools Development Corporation, 1992 to present.
Served as a member of an expert review panel to review the education program research of the United States Government Accounting Office, January, 1993.
Member, Board of Directors, American Education Finance Association, 1991 to 1994
Membership Chair, American Education Finance Association, 1992 to 1994
Program Director, Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance Special Interest Group, American Education Research Association, 1991.
Treasurer, Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance Special Interest Group, American Education Research Association, 1993 to present.
Proposal Reviewer, Division A (Administration) American Education Research Association, 1992-94.
Proposal Reviewer, Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance Special Interest Group, American Education Research Association, 1991- 1994.
Member, Budget Advisory Committee, 1993-94 and 1994-95 academic years
Member, Business Services Advisory Committee, 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 academic years
Member, Faculty Senate, 1992-93 academic year
Alternate member, Faculty Senate, 1991-92 academic year
Member, Academic Computing Advisory Committee, 1991-92 academic year
Speaker, Graduate School program on dissertations, November 6, 1993.
Director, Center for Research in Education Finance, August 1993 to present. Associate Director, Center for Reseasrch in Education Finance, 1989 - August 1993.
The Center for Research in Education Finance (CREF) is the only externally funded research center in the School of Education. At the present time, CREF projects include the Finance Center of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, one of the U.S. Department of Education's educational research centers, and a Mellon Foundation funded study of resource allocation patterns in schools.
Coordinator, USC School of Education 1994, 1995 and 1996 Summer Superintendents' Conferences.
Member Ph.D. in Policy and Organization Steering Committee, 1991 to present.
Member, Ed.D. Steering Committee, 1990 to present.
Member, Higher Education faculty search committee, 1994-95
Member, Policy and Administration faculty search committee, 1993-94
Member, search committee for faculty position in research methods, 1993
Member, search committees for faculty position in organizational behavior, 1991 and 1992.
Member, Student Services Committee, 1990-91 academic year, acting committee chair, Spring, 1991.
Member, Faculty Welfare and Compensation Committee 1991 to 1993.
Member, Human Subjects Committee, 1993-94.
Mentor, Fresno off-campus Ed.D. education center. 1992 to present.
Chair, Certificate in School Business Administration Committee, 1988-91.