Education and equality: the battle for school funding reform
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School finance reform advocates have achieved some suggest, despite the fact that the US Supreme Court found in the 1971 case San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez that there was no fundamental right to have schools funded equally. Advocates have focused on disparities in funding between high-income and low-income school districts and the adverse impact such funding has on low-income children and communities. In states like Ohio and Kentucky, the school finance system has been found unconstitutional, but in states like Colorado and Arizona, reforms are being resisted.
Publication Name: Human Rights
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0046-8185
Year: 1997
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Unequal funding: teaching Cadillac kids with Chevy dollars
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Panelists at a meeting sponsored by the ABA Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities discussed the prospects for educational funding reforms. The discussion focused on the impact of the US Supreme Court's decision in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez in 1973 and the increased inequity that has resulted from property tax-based funding of public schools. Participants noted that a number of state courts have found inequitable funding to be unconstitutional. Comprehensive reform requires political action and the development of educational standards.
Publication Name: Human Rights
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0046-8185
Year: 1997
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School finance battles: survey says? It's all just a change in attitudes
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Cases challenging the constitutionality of state school funding systems based on disparities between rich and poor school districts were unsuccessful until 1989, when equity-based equal protection claims gave way to adequacy arguments under state education clauses. The success of financing reform in the courts since 1989 resulted from a change in public attitudes toward education. Reformers must continue to bring their arguments before the public because finance reform depends on state legislation to implement court decisions.
Publication Name: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0017-8039
Year: 1999
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