Subsequently, in separate multivariate linear regression models, we adjusted for state population characteristics (percent diabetes, percent obesity, and percent age ≥ 65 years in adults; percent obesity in children; percent African American and percent rural population [based on total state population estimates] in both adults and children).
Based on total spending, it would cost state and local taxpayers $473.4 million annually to educate that first group of dropouts.
"A number of federal and state formulas are based on total population," said Mr. Gillaspy, the Minnesota demographer.
They want the justices to read the "one person, one vote" principle to prohibit states from drawing legislative districts based on total population, currently the most popular method.
A controversial element of the pay proposal is that the increase would be paid from state funds but is based on total compensation that includes the foundation pay.
In 2003, a skin cancer screening campaign based on total body skin examination was launched in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Almost all state and local government draw districts based on total population.
"As constitutional history, precedent, and practice demonstrate, a State or locality may draw its legislative districts based on total population," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for the court's majority.
Under Mr. Corzine's plan, the state would pay a single average cost per student, based on total statewide spending on special education.
A decent basic state pension would be a good start, supplemented with a top-up based on total career earnings and funded by compulsory employer/employee contributions.
