Adequate Funding

Education Consortium of Georgia Schools Files Funding Lawsuit
A group of 51 school districts filed suit last week arguing that Georgia is failing to spend enough money to provide an adequate education for all the state's children.
Robert C. Johnston, October 4, 2004
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Why Adequacy Lawsuits Matter
Michael A. Rebell, executive director and counsel of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, argues that adequacy lawsuits are necessary to carry on the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education in challenging unfairness and inequality in schools.
Michael A. Rebell, August 11, 2004
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Education Funding Explainer School Finance
Running schools—and improving them—cannot take place without the proper resources, and it all starts with money.
Jennifer Park, August 4, 2004
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Education Itemizing Adequacy
Arkansas needs to spend an additional $848.3 million to provide an adequate education for its K-12 students, according to a study commissioned by the Arkansas Joint Legislative Committee on Education Adequacy. Below is a sampling of the study's recommendations.
December 3, 2003
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Law & Courts Alabama Court Refrains From Ordering Equity Remedy
Alabama students have a constitutional right to an adequate and equitable education. But don't expect the state's court system to make sure they get one.
Erik W. Robelen, June 12, 2002
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3 min read
Education Funding N.H. Weighs Education Adequacy; Shaheen Unveils Funding Proposal

What's adequate for one state might not be adequate for another.

At least that's what the members of a New Hampshire group, handpicked by the governor, have learned during their quest to define "educational adequacy."

Linda Jacobson, February 11, 1998
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3 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Report Urges Increased Funding for Tribal Colleges
Tribal colleges serve as a vital link to higher education for Native American students, and thus deserve to receive adequate funding, argues a report released here last week by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
May 28, 1997
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Education Ill. Voters To Decide Finance Adequacy Without Guidance From the Legislature
illinois voters are set to decide in November whether the state guarantees students an adequate education. But, after lawmakers adjourned their legislative session this summer, the voters will have to make that decision without much guidance about what would be required to provide such schooling.
Lonnie Harp, August 5, 1992
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2 min read
Education Mont. Districts Reopen School-Finance Challenge
Frustrated by what they see as the legislature's failure to provide adequate state aid, a group of low-wealth Montana school districts has launched a new round of the finance-equity challenge that led to the overturning of the state's school-funding system three years ago.
September 4, 1991
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1 min read
Education Georgians Debating Tax Hike for Reforms
Despite plans from Georgia's education community, Gov. Joe Frank Harris says he will continue to oppose a tax increase to ensure adequate future funding for the state's highly praised Quality Basic Education Act.

At a joint hearing before the House and Senate education committees last month, groups representing the state's 186 superintendents and school boards took issue with Mr. Harris's assertion that projected economic growth would guarantee sufficient tax revenues for the QBE in coming years. Noting that some facets of the reform program, including a career ladder for teachers, have yet to be funded, they called on lawmakers to raise the sales tax from 3 percent to 4 percent to help finance the effort.

May 18, 1988
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