Footnotes

1. The FY1995 appropriations act for the Department of Education and other agencies, Public Law (P.L. 103-333) provided $3.2 million to be available until expended for "school finance equalization research".    [Back]

2. See White (1995).   [Back]

3. In this case, all LEAs in the state that meet minimum enrollment size thresholds.   [Back]

4. Because more than 10 percent of the students attend schools in separate (non-unified) school districts, the analysis includes elementary and secondary school districts for the following states: Arizona, California, Illinois, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Vermont.   [Back]

5. See for example, National Conference of State Legislatures 1995; The Finance Project 1994; Education Commission of the States 1994; Education Daily 1995.   [Back]

 

References  [Top]

Education Commission of the States. November, 1994. "School Finance Litigation: A Historical Summary; The New Wave of School Finance Litigation." Phi Delta Kappan. 243-251.

Education Daily Special Supplement on Education Finance. March, 1995. Alexandria, VA.

National Conference of State Legislatures. April, 1995. State School Finance Litigation and Legislation 1994: A Summary and Analysis. Denver, Colorado.

The Finance Project. 1994. School Finance Litigation: A Review of Key Cases. Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Education. 1995. Digest of Education Statistics, 1995. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

White, Liane. September, 1995. Education Finance Incentive Grant Under ESEA Title I. CRS Report for Congress (95-963).

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