Caught in the Middle: The Fate of the Non-Urban Districts in the Wake of New Jersey's School Finance Litigation.

Lauver, Sherri C.; Ritter, Gary W.; Goertz, Margaret E.

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ERIC Number: EJ622972

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Publication Date: 2001

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Caught in the Middle: The Fate of the Non-Urban Districts in the Wake of New Jersey's School Finance Litigation.

Lauver, Sherri C.; Ritter, Gary W.; Goertz, Margaret E.

Journal of Education Finance, v26 n3 p281-96 Win 2001

A recent study revealed deficiencies in the long-awaited "Abbott v. Burke" ruling, which benefited 28 inner-city districts and shortchanged poor rural and middle-wealth districts. By ignoring these groups of districts, New Jersey lawmakers have sown the seeds of taxpayer backlash, as evidenced by two recent lawsuits. (Contains 23 footnotes.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Funding Formulas, Property Taxes, Rural Schools, School District Wealth, Social Bias, State Legislation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey

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