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Download full textLindman, Erick L. – 1974
The Serrano case controversy raises the fundamental question: Do differences in school district per pupil expenditures represent cost differences incurred in providing essentially equivalent programs, or do they represent substantial differences in educational offerings? Although the answer is debatable, the California legislature increased…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC. – 1973
In this landmark educational finance opinion (presented here in full) the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Texas case was not a proper case in which to examine a State's laws under standards of strict judicial scrutiny. That test, according to the Court, is reserved for cases involving laws that operate to the disadvantage of suspect classes or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Economic Status, Educational Finance
Andersen, Carol – 1975
The term "school finance" refers to the levying of taxes to obtain revenue for our public elementary and secondary schools. For most people it brings to mind the local property tax, teacher salaries, and, perhaps, some personal memories of their own experiences in the schools. For state legislators school finance brings to mind the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Education Law Center, 2005
Except for school construction, there is no legislation to guide implementation of the programs and reforms ordered by the New Jersey Supreme Court in the landmark "Abbott v. Burke" case. Instead, in its 1998 "Abbott V decision," the Supreme Court directed the Commissioner of Education to provide standards and procedures to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, State Regulation
Hirsch, Lesley – Education Law Center, 2006
New Jersey's urban--or "Abbott"--schools have improved at the preschool and elementary school level, but lag when it comes to middle and high school performance. These are the key findings of an Abbott Indicators Project report entitled, "The Abbott Districts in 2005-06: Progress and Challenges." The report was prepared by…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Dropout Programs, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Camden is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Camden receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Camden Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Newark is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Newark receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Newark Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Trenton is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Trenton receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Trenton Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Union City is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Union City receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Union City Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Camden is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Camden receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Camden Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Newark is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Newark receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Newark Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Trenton is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Trenton receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Trenton Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Applewhite-Coney, Erain; Hirsch, Lesley – Education Law Center, 2005
Union City is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Union City receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Union City Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Ponessa, Joan; Boylan, Ellen – Education Law Center, 2004
This report on preschool facilities analyzes regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to implement the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act. (EFCFA). EFCFA, which authorizes and governs New Jersey's public school construction program, was enacted in July 2000 to implement the State Supreme Court's…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Preschool Education, School Construction, Construction Programs
Ponessa, Joan – Education Law Center, 2004
This report on Long Range Facilities Plans (LRFPs) analyzes regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to implement the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act. (EFCFA). EFCFA, which authorizes and governs New Jersey's public school construction program, was enacted in July 2000 to implement the State…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Facilities Planning, School Construction, Construction Programs
