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Rebell, Michael A. – State Education Standard, 2018
Lawsuits challenging state methods for funding public schools have been launched in 46 of the 50 states, and in recent years they have been extraordinarily successful. Since 1989, plaintiffs have prevailed in over 65 percent of the final liability decisions in cases based on "adequacy claims"--assertions that all students have a…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, State Aid, Educational Finance, Public Schools
Bell, Charles – New America, 2022
In April 2021, New America's Open Technology Institute (OTI) and the Philanthropication thru Privatization Project (PtP) released a joint proposal that the federal government should invest a substantial portion of the windfall proceeds from future auctions of public airwaves (spectrum) to seed a new Digital Equity Foundation dedicated to…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Governance, Accountability, Public Agencies
Mitchell, Susan; Fonseca, Manuela; LaFave, Allison – Preschool Development and Expansion Grant Technical Assistance (PDG TA), 2016
There is growing unease about suspension and expulsion of children at the preschool level. Preschoolers are expelled at three times the rate of K-12 students (Gilliam, 2005). Boys--particularly African-American boys--comprise a disproportionate number of these cases, a fact that has caused concern among parents, policymakers, and advocates alike.…
Descriptors: Suspension, Expulsion, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1987
This document presents the text of the Congressional hearing held in Elizabeth, New Jersey to examine the need for catastrophic health care coverage for the elderly and what role the Federal Government can play in helping to address that need. Opening statements are included from Representatives Matthew Rinaldo, Marge Roukema, and Jim Saxton. In…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Government Role, Health Care Costs
Cutler, Ira M. – 1994
The well-being of a large portion of American children is distressingly low. Integrated service delivery--which provides the broadest range of education, health, housing, and social services--is viewed as one way to remedy the failure of public and private institutions to deliver effective services that can ameliorate or reverse these problems and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community, Economic Factors, Educational Economics
1984
Background information for the auditing of New Jersey School Districts is given. Included are chapters on the following: (1) a digest of the School Audit Law, Title 18A:23-1 to 18A:23-11; (2) directives to the Boards of Education; (3) school district bookkeeping; (4) scope of funds to be audited; (5) conducting the school audit; and (6) sample of…
Descriptors: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Compliance (Legal)