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Publication Date: 2020
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Gem State Inequalities: Examining the Recent History of Idaho Public School Funding
Carr-Chellman, Ali; Raney, Taylor; Campbell, Dan
Journal of Education Finance, v45 n4 p407-426 Spr 2020
This article focuses on the application of "Savage Inequalities"-based analyses of data from the state of Idaho with a focus on equitable rural school funding. While Kozol's famous 1991 book-length work examining school inequalities was focused on urban centers and completed several decades ago, this article offers an updated examination of imbalances in funding and practice across the primarily rural state of Idaho. By examining state documents through a secondary data analysis, this paper extends an earlier exploration of the intricacies of school funding such as implications for casino income as well as the recent history of state level funding. Findings from the current examination indicate that while per-pupil funding by school district in the state of Idaho was equalized by state distributions through 2008, impacts of state cuts at that time increased inequities again when comparing school funding across the state. Because of this, rural, remote, and tribal schools are often dramatically underfunded relative to perceived need.
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Rural Areas, School Districts, Tribally Controlled Education, Educational Finance, Income, Educational History, State Aid, Budgets, Retrenchment, Comparative Analysis, Expenditure per Student, Poverty, American Indian Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Taxes, Urban Areas
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Idaho
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