Comments on the upcoming Supreme Court decision in the Rodriquez case. (JF)

Discusses the Serrano vs Priest decision that ruled against the use of property taxes for support of schools in California. (JF)

Discusses the implication of recent equal education court cases and sets forth requirements for a successful full state funding plan. (JF)

Presents the full text of a Wyoming case that found the method of financing public education in that State to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. (JF)

This speech incorporates a major policy statement regarding school subsidies in Maine. The author discusses equality of educational opportunity; and he comments on the property tax, wealth-connected inequities, and class action suits. The speech focuses on a discussion of the Maine subsidy law and its effects; as well as the Maine property, sales,…

Discusses the relationship of the Equal Protection Clause to the underlying premises of State educational finance decisions: (1) the Equal Protection Clause and local government generally, (2) the Equal Protection Clause and geographical classifications, (3) the Equal Protection Clause and geographical classifications of services or benefits, (4)…

The paper highlights selected comments by noted individuals on the impact of such recent court cases as Serrano vs Priest on State school financing systems. The financing issue is discussed within the framework of the idea of local control under a full State funding system, adjustments in property taxes, and the institution of a Federal value…

This report discusses the implications of recent court decisions that invalidate local school finance systems on grounds of denial of equal protection. The author examines the school financing options available to Mississippi in the light of these recent State court decisions and in view of a forthcoming U. S. Supreme Court decision on the…

In this article, the author analyzes recent court cases that struck down State school finance systems as being inequitable. Examined are such characteristics of current finance systems as the inequalities of the property tax, the variations in per pupil expenditures, and the variations between poor and rich districts. The report includes a…

This report fosters discussion and deliberation on the current educational finance dilemma and discusses recent State court decisions that have invalidated existing finance systems. Possible solutions to the problems presented to State legislatures by those decisions are examined. The report (1) outlines the holdings of six cases beginning with…

This paper discusses some of the questions and issues implied in the California Serrano vs Priest decision. Note is made that if courts adopt a strict definition of uniformity as a criterion of equality, States may have to abandon local taxes and establish systems of full State funding plus federal aids. On the other hand, if courts adopt dynamic…