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Direct linkReynolds, Laurie – Journal of Education Finance, 2008
The Illinois Supreme Court has permitted the General Assembly to create a system of public school funding that is widely disparate and disadvantageous to students in school districts with low-property wealth. In this Article, I argue that the court has not adequately considered the nexus between the Uniformity of Taxation provision and the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Funds, Funding Formulas, Taxes
Download full textHickrod, George Alan Karnes Wallis; Pruyne, Gwen, Ed. – 1993
This monograph contains five presentations delivered during the course of an attempt made in November 1992 to amend the state constitution of Illinois in such a way as to make education a fundamental constitutional right. The effort failed to garner the 60 percent of the vote required to pass the amendment. These presentations made a strong…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
Hickrod, G. Alan Karnes-Wallis; Ward, James Gordon – 1987
Two essays are presented in this monograph, the first in a series of publications examining educational finance and using Illinois data. After an introduction, the first essay replies to a "Forbes" magazine cover story on educational finance that asks if education is economically efficient. The central theme is that the maintenance of a…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Hickrod, G. Alan; And Others – 1982
Based on a definition of equity that includes both equality in expenditure per pupil and fiscal neutrality, this paper examines equity in Illinois school finance and makes recommendations for its improvement. Following a brief introduction outlining deterioration of equity since 1977, part 2 describes further reasons for this deterioration. The…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Wall, Allen – Wests's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Examines several state supreme court cases that bear on school finance litigation in Illinois. Suggests that the Illinois plaintiffs have an opportunity to establish a new litigation strategy. When school finance schemes are challenged on the basis of educational quality, courts have the opportunity to define a basic standard of education that…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1988
This report provides a policy framework for specific programs that will improve the achievement of minority students in the Illinois educational system. All levels of education from pre-kindergarten through graduate education must be involved in designing and making such programs work. Education is the key element that can enable minorities to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
