Achieving Equitable Education through the Courts: A Comparative Analysis of Three States.

Kramer, Liz

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ERIC Number: EJ640883

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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Achieving Equitable Education through the Courts: A Comparative Analysis of Three States.

Kramer, Liz

Journal of Law & Education, v31 n1 p1-51 Jan 2002

Examines effectiveness of court challenges to education-finance systems in achieving need-driven educational equity, focusing on California, Kentucky, and Texas. Provides overview of education-finance litigation and goals of finance reform. Describes funding system in each state both pre- and post-litigation; uses statistical measures to discuss resulting level of need-driven equity. (KSB)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Finance Reform, Financial Policy, State Courts, State Legislation, Statistical Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California; Kentucky; Texas

Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Serrano v Priest

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