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Reynolds, 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
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Ward, James Gordon – Journal of Education Finance, 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…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education