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Ascher, Carol – 1993
The system of school finance equity in Texas is described as it existed before the court case Edgewood Independent School District (ISD) v. Kirby, and the overhaul mandated by legal rulings in the evolving Edgewood case is reviewed. In Texas, as elsewhere, the system of school finance has historically been based on the local property taxes…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Change
Hadderman, Margaret – 1999
This Digest discusses efforts to achieve financial equity in education. It describes the extent of financial disparity and how, after 3 decades of litigation, such disparities among districts and among states remain high. In New Jersey alone, the per-pupil expenditures ranged from $5,900 to $11,950. Even with such inequities, some promising…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Hadderman, Margaret – 1999
This digest in Spanish discusses efforts to achieve financial equity in education. It describes the extent of financial disparity and how, after 3 decades of litigation, such disparities among districts and among states remain high. In New Jersey alone, the per-pupil expenditures ranged from $5,900 to $11,950. Even with such inequities, some…
Descriptors: Economics of Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education