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Download full textGoertz, Margaret E.; Weiss, Michael – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2009
Education finance policy in New Jersey has been shaped by over 30 years of school finance litigation. Through its decisions in "Robinson v. Cahill" (1973-1976) and "Abbott v. Burke" (1985-2005), the justices of New Jersey's supreme court have defined the state's constitutional guarantee of a "thorough and efficient"…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Court Litigation, Finance Reform, Public Education
Peer reviewedGoertz, Margaret E. – Journal of Education Finance, 1983
Presents a history of New Jersey's Public School Education Act of 1975, including a discussion of the landmark decision Robinson v. Cahill (1970), which found the state's educational finance system unconstitutional. Measures of expenditure disparity and wealth neutrality are then used to assess the present New Jersey school finance system. (JW)
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
