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Direct linkCrampton, Faith E.; Thompson, David C. – Journal of Education Finance, 2011
The reform of education funding systems to achieve greater equity and adequacy is an ongoing struggle in many states. Because funding of public elementary and secondary education is constitutionally a state responsibility, the struggle plays out largely in state legislatures. At the same time, education finance reform does not take place in a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Download full textThompson, David C.; And Others – 1990
The effect of the School District Equalization Act (SDEA) on school financing in Kansas is analyzed in this report. Included is a discussion of the context of the present legal action, a description of the present statutory scheme and evaluation framework, a longitudinal statistical assessment of the SDEA in relation to the entire state and…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Thompson, David C. – 1990
Eight critical issues relevant to Kansas school finance are discussed in this report; issues include recent school finance litigation, assessment of the School District Equalization Act (SDEA), recommendations for improving the SDEA, validity of the power equalization models, measures of local district funding ability, mechanisms used by other…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
Thompson, David C.; And Others – 1991
Updated information is provided in this addendum to an original report that assessed the equity of the Kansas School District Equalization Act (SDEA) from 1973 to 1988. This consultants' analysis on behalf of Turner School District in "Mock v. State of Kansas" consists of five parts. Following an introduction, section 2 reviews the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Thompson, David C.; And Others – 1991
An analysis of the effect of the Kansas School District Equalization Act (SDEA) of 1973 on public school financing is provided in this consultants' report on behalf of six plaintiff school districts in "Newton United School District 373 et al., v. the State of Kansas." Following an introduction, the second section sets forth the initial…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Wood, R. Craig; Thompson, David C. – 1993
This book offers an overview of educational finance law and examines constitutional challenges to state aid plans. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to education finance litigation, including the early history of education finance litigation and early education finance theory. Chapter 2 discusses the states' responsibilities for providing equal…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
