Sentences with phrase «aid system unconstitutional»
«The caprice of local political conditions can not be permitted to harm the educational opportunity of a child,» the five - member panel wrote in its Sept. 15 report to Franklin Circuit Judge Ray Corns, who declared the current school - aid system unconstitutional last May.
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Lawmakers also face a state supreme court deadline of March 24 to revise the school aid system, which the court declared unconstitutional a year ago.
In New York, for example, some of the largest increases in education aid in the state's history took place between 1995 and 2001, well before the first court decision declaring the system unconstitutional.
In 2002, the court ruled that the state's school aid system was unconstitutional.
Often reacting to mandates from courts that found local finance systems unconstitutional, states have moved away from funding based primarily on property taxes and have implemented state aid formulas that direct more money to low - income and low - tax - base school districts.