Sentences with phrase «state school finance»

Do state school finance reforms that provide more equitable and adequate funding matter?

In the 1970s and the 1980s, state school finance reforms were focused on equity, or on reducing funding gaps between districts.

The specific topic of the symposium was the weighted funding approach utilized in many state school finance systems and to «examine the amount of supplemental funding that is required to effectively implement appropriate services for English Language Learners at the secondary level.»

How the New Jersey and New York State School Finance Formulae Create Educational Equity Gaps, Stephen Coffin, The Alternative Press, June 23, 2011

By contrast, many state school finance systems barely achieve «flat» funding between high and low need settings and still others remain regressive.»

A recent study of state school finance received the support of the Chippewa Valley Board of Education on Feb. 26, when members approved a resolution designed to send a message to lawmakers in support of changes in school funding.

Video: Eric Hanushek talks with Education Next about the recent Supreme Court decision on school spending in Arizona, and considers the ruling's impact on state school finance litigation.

Eric Hanushek talks with Education Next about the recent Supreme Court decision on school spending in Arizona, and considers the ruling's impact on state school finance litigation.

Chemerinsky wrote a letter to the state Supreme Court, urging it to take the case, as did Michael Rebell, a professor of law and educational practice at Teachers College at Columbia University and Columbia Law School who litigated a New York State school financing lawsuit.

In addition, analyses of existing state school finance policies and the positions AEF promotes to obtain greater fairness for taxpayers and students, alike, can be found here.

In a few weeks, Governor Doug Ducey's Classrooms First Initiative Council will take the first, small step towards creating an equitable, efficient state school finance system that benefits all of our students.

In a recent memo to members of the Legislature's budget - writing Joint Finance Committee (JFC), the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has outlined the impact of the delay on various state school finance calculations for the 2017 - 18 school year, for public school districts, as well as private choice schools and independent charter schools.

On a larger scale, rural districts are often the key plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging state school financing systems that clearly do not provide constitutionally required funding for economically disadvantaged students.

The Carrollton - Farmers Branch Independent School District was facing funding challenges because of outdated state school finance laws in Texas.

The DeVos» influence in expanding charter schools, together with an inadequately - funded state school finance system in which «money follows the child» to whichever school she attends, has wreaked havoc on Michigan's poorest cities.

Mark's recent projects with APA include state school finance analyses for the states of Alabama, North Carolina, and Maryland.

A NCASA panel of local and state school finance experts has prepared an unpublished report with recommendations for the task force, Joyce said this week, although it's unclear when legislators will hear the details of the group's proposals.

Many state school finance systems are not designed based on the actual costs of purchasing the teachers, support staff and other resources to deliver rigorous education standards, including the additional resources necessary to meet pressing needs in the nation's high poverty schools and districts.

The purpose is to provide a single source of data for researchers working in the field of education finance and economics; specifically, this dataset will be used to develop reliable measures of funding equity and adequacy to track fairness of state school finance.

Arizona lawmakers now have a deadline to meet in reworking their states school finance system, after a state judge said a recent fix did not pass constitutional muster.

Essentially, the plaintiffs claim Connecticut has underfunded its public schools in large part because the state school finance system does not accurately account for the cost of education in general, the cost of educating students with additional needs or a municipality's capacity to raise revenue.

Parents in the Shawnee Mission district claimed in a lawsuit that state school financing was inadequate; they sought a temporary injunction that would allow the district to ask voters for a local tax increase.

Every state school finance formula system is unique — reflecting the nuances of revenue structures, student demographics, governance models, and policy preferences in state and local communities.