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Glenn, William J.; Picus, Lawrence O. – Journal of Education Finance, 2007
The California Supreme Court catalyzed school finance litigation with its rulings in the "Serrano v. Priest" cases. The court's required that wealth-related spending differences essentially be eliminated, the legislation required to implement that decision, and the passage of Proposition 13's property tax limitation has resulted in…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, State Courts
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Geiogue, Harold E. – Education and Urban Society, 1982
Describes the structure and scope of California's public postsecondary education system and discusses: (1) recurrent education within this system; (2) the recent "taxpayers' revolt"; (3) the impact of Proposition 13 on recurrent education; and (4) the difficulties faced by recurrent education because of new public expenditure priorities…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Expenditures, Extension Education
Odden, Allan – 1990
After being placed on the back burner during the 1980s, school finance is again a major issue. In the 1970s, reliance on property taxes created school district disparities because of unequal tax bases. Legislative reforms enacted between 1971 and 1985 had the following characteristics: school finance formulas were revamped; the state role in…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education