Adequate Funding
Education Funding
Opinion
School Finance Adequacy at a Crossroads
Simply finding enough money to adequately fund a state’s schools does not solve the school finance problem, Allan Odden and Lawrence O. Picus write.
Education Funding
Improvements Seen to California Schools As Result of Williams Case Settlement
Students have received more than 88,000 new textbooks, and more than 3,400 emergency repairs have been paid for with state money, a report says.
Law & Courts
A State Capitals Roundup
Judge Once More Rejects Law on Funding For ELLs in Arizona
Judge rules that a law passed by the legislature last year doesn’t provide adequate funding for English-language learners in Arizona.
Education
A State Capitals Roundup
Appeals Court Rejects Orders for English-Learners in Arizona
Because of a ruling by a federal appeals court in Arizona last week, the state will no longer have to pay $21 million in fines for failing to come up with a way to provide adequate funding for the education of English-language learners by a deadline set by a lower court.
Education
A State Capitals Roundup
Oregon Districts File School Funding Suit
Six Oregon school districts and three families have sued the state, alleging that Oregon has repeatedly failed to provide adequate and stable funding for K-12 education despite legislation mandating that it do so.
Education Funding
A National Roundup
Texas High Court Rules Property Tax Unconstitutional
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Nov. 22 that even though the state’s property-tax-based school aid system is unconstitutional, the state provides enough money to schools to be considered adequate under the state constitution.
Education Funding
Report Roundup
Special Financial Needs Seen for Rural Schools
How should adequate school financing be defined for rural schools? A report from the Arlington, Va.-based Rural School and Community Trust poses that question, and argues that many rural schools deserve special attention under state school-finance systems.
Education
A State Capitals Roundup
Colorado Panel Cites Need For Huge Infusion of Aid
A state task force says Colorado public schools would need a funding increase of $800 million to $1.5 billion a year for the state’s expenditure on K-12 education to be deemed “adequate.”
Education Funding
A State Capitals Roundup
Kansas Court Approves School Funding Plan
The Kansas Supreme Court has declared the state’s education spending adequate, ending for now a long battle between the legislature and the courts over how the state finances K-12 education.
Education
A State Capitals Roundup
Conn. Coalition Urges More Aid for Schools
A coalition of Connecticut municipal leaders and education groups is calling for big increases in state school aid after releasing an analysis last week of what it says would be the cost of providing an adequate education for most of the state’s students.
Quality Counts
Special Report
Quality Counts 2005: No Small Change
Targeting Money Toward Student Performance
Equity & Diversity
The Bottom Line
School finance experts may have refined their models for determining how much it should cost to adequately educate students, but that doesn't mean they always agree on the results.
Education
Report Roundup
Research Report: Educational Technology
Adequate funding and classroom integration of technology are the top challenges school districts face in using educational technology, according to a survey by the Alexandria, Va.-based National School Boards Association.
Education
A State Capitals Roundup
Mass. Funding Case Goes to High Court
Lawyers representing 19 Massachusetts school districts began oral arguments last week before the state’s highest court, contending that the state has failed to give students in poorly financed schools an adequate education, as required by the state constitution.