“Every school leader needs to build community connections, and at no time are these relations under greater scrutiny than when leading a school finance election. A citizenry with increased expectations for schools in an era of turbulent financial uncertainty means that school funding is increasingly in jeopardy. This book is the perfect blend of solid, research proven strategies combined with practical tactics garnered from the decades of experience the two authors have invested in assisting hundreds of school districts to acquire their necessary funding through success at the polls.
“It is the only textbook that I would ever use in my University of Minnesota school finance elections class and it has provided me with practical, research-proven strategies in designing successful bond and levy referendums in the school districts that I served as principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent.”
Ted Blaesing
retired superintendent
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
School Finance Elections: A Comprehensive Planning Model for Success, 2nd Edition by Dr. Don E. Lifto and Dr. J. Bradford Senden (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2010).
“Eight Tips for Planning and Executing Successful School Tax Elections,” Don E. Lifto, Ph.D. and J. Bradford Senden, Ph.D., published in The Leader’s Edge, American Association of School Administrators, October 2009. Also published in Taking Care of Business, Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials, December 2009.
“The Forgotten Alumni,” Don E. Lifto, Ph.D. and J. Bradford Senden, Ph.D., published in American School Board Journal, National School Board Association, October 2008. Also published under the title of “Understanding Alumni Parents and School Voting Tendencies” in the Minnesota School Board's Association Journal, March-April 2009.
“Managing Organized Opposition,” Don E. Lifto, Ph.D. and J. Bradford Senden, Ph.D., published in The School Administrator, American Association of School Administrators, April 2008.
“Watch Your Language: Words to Win By in your Next School Finance Campaign,” Don E. Lifto, Ph.D. and J. Bradford Senden, Ph.D., published in The School Administrator, American Association of School Administrators, February 2006.
"The Case of Precinct 5," Don E. Lifto, Ph.D. and J. Bradford Senden, Ph.D., published in American School Board Journal, National School Board Association, April 2005.
“Examining Elections Past,” Don E. Lifto, Ph.D. and J. Bradford Senden, Ph.D., published in The School Administrator, American Association of School Administrators, January 2004.
“Finding Success at the Ballot Box,” Don E. Lifto, Ph.D. and J. Bradford Senden, Ph.D., published in Managing School Business, Volume 7, Issue 22, February 2003.