The Constitutionality of the Illinois Public School Finance System: "The Committee for Educational Rights v. Edgar.".

Ward, James Gordon

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ERIC Number: EJ548956

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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The Constitutionality of the Illinois Public School Finance System: "The Committee for Educational Rights v. Edgar."

Ward, James Gordon

Journal of Education Finance, v12 n1 p1-21 Sum 1997

In October 1996, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed lower court decisions and dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the state's public school funding system violated the Illinois constitution. This decision ended a six-year battle to reform the state's school funding system. The courts found no constitutional issues in the case because education has never been considered a fundamental right in Illinois. (47 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Politics of Education, Public Policy, State Action

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Illinois

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