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Wood, R. Craig; Thompson, David C. – 1996
The rationales for various state-finance distribution formulas, from 1896 to the present, are explained along with the rationales of the lawsuits questioning their validity. Chapter 1 describes attempts at financial equity from 1896 to the 1950s. Chapter 2 examines the current status of financing public education, emphasizing a state's obligation…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
