Sentences with phrase «overturned school finance systems»
In response to large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy / high - income and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many states implemented legislative reforms that spawned important changes in public education funding.
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AUSTIN — Attorneys for hundreds of school districts urged a state judge Tuesday to again overturn Texas» school finance system, arguing that the Legislature failed last year to fix problems that have plagued the system.
In response to lawsuits that identified large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school - finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many state legislatures implemented reforms that led to major changes in school funding.
The Texas supreme court has twice overturned the state's $ 14 - billion school - finance system, ruling that its...
The study estimates the impact of overturning a state's school finance system and finds that, seven years after reform, a state's highest poverty quartile experienced a 4 to 12 percent increase in per pupil spending and a 5 to 8 percentage point increase in graduation rates.