@article{ref1,
title="The effect of tax reform on school health education programs",
journal="International quarterly of community health education",
year="1983",
author="Chen, Ted T. L. and Bates, Ira J.",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="379-387",
abstract="A number of Massachusetts schools implemented a health course as a result of passage of a 1974 law requiring teaching of health. This surge of health teaching now appears to be in danger in 1982 because of the passage of a recent tax referendum (Proposition 2½). To determine projected impact of this tax reform on school health education, a questionnaire was sent to administrators of 200 school districts. The results showed that there was a significant increase in the number of schools implementing health courses since 1974. However, the tax referendum produced severe pressure for many newly developed programs to lay-off health teachers or eliminate health courses. School administrators recommended several coping strategies, including: employment of dual-major teachers, shifting required courses to electives, and marshalling support of the program through a viable School Health Advisory Committee. It was observed that Massachusetts serves as a case study forecasting impending fiscal crisis in other states.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-684X",
doi="10.2190/LGFG-QFQ6-AMJR-JFGF",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/LGFG-QFQ6-AMJR-JFGF"
}