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Download full textSpurgin, N. David – 1973
Published prior to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the case, this report puts into perspective the questions and problems before the State of Texas in resolving the issue raised by Rodriguez vs San Antonio. The document reviews the key elements of the decision in the Rodriguez case and considers alternative approaches that comply with the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Long, David C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Summarizes 16 state court decisions in 15 states concerning equity in statewide school finance systems, in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez" decision. Finds that some state legislatures and courts reformed their finance systems, while others let inequalities continue. (RW)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Buchser, Linda – 1982
Reviewing literature on educational finance and law, this paper analyzes the rationale for the recent school finance reform movement and recounts the movement's progress from 1965 to 1979. An overview of the problem discusses state equalization programs' ability to provide financial equity and the relationship of financial equity to equal…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Trends
Brischetto, Robert – 1979
In a research note to a nine-volume, six-state study of the impact of school finance reform on minorities and the poor, the author examines methodological issues involved in using statistics to measure the distribution of local fiscal capacity among school districts with different income and ethnic compositions. Using Texas as an example, the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Maltby, Gregory P. – 1976
This paper examines the two conflicting definitions of local control inherent in the majority and minority opinions in the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision, San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez. The author agrees with the minority decision that lack of adequate funds, regardless of the number of legal constraints set down by the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Berke, Joel S.; And Others – 1975
This document provides background information intended to help in the formulation of educational finance policy at the national level. The first chapter discusses variations in spending within and between states since the 1930s; causes for inequitable and inefficient revenue raising and resource allocation; and differences between states in…
Descriptors: Court Doctrine, Court Litigation, Court Role, Educational Finance
