Students' Constitutional Right to a Sound Basic Education: New York State's Unfinished Agenda. Part 2. Filling the Regulatory Gaps

Autor/inn/en	Rebell, Michael A.; Wolff, Jessica R.; Rogers, Joseph R., Jr.; Saleh, Matthew
Institution	Columbia University, Campaign for Educational Equity
Titel	Students' Constitutional Right to a Sound Basic Education: New York State's Unfinished Agenda. Part 2. Filling the Regulatory Gaps
Quelle	(2016), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Student Rights; Equal Education; Citizen Participation; Instructional Materials; Class Size; Disabilities; Educational Resources; School Districts; Educational Opportunities; State Courts; Court Litigation; Educational Legislation; Public Schools; State Legislation; Secondary School Curriculum; Compliance (Legal); New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Klassengröße; Handicap; Behinderung; Bildungsmittel; School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Staatsgerichtshof; Rechtsstreit; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Landesrecht
Abstract	This is the second in a series of reports that are the culmination of two years of research by the Campaign for Educational Equity, a policy and research center at Teachers College, Columbia University, and significant input from the Safeguarding Sound Basic Education Task Force, a statewide group made up of representatives from New York's leading statewide education associations, parent organizations, school business officials, and advocacy groups. In 2003, the New York State Court of Appeals held in "Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) v. State of New York" that the state constitution requires New York to provide all of its students "a meaningful high school education" that will prepare them to "function productively as civic participants capable of voting [or] serving on a jury" and "to obtain 'competitive employment.'" Past research by the Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College uncovered gaps in the current laws and regulations that leave students' educational rights unprotected. To guarantee that students in schools with high levels of poverty receive adequate, appropriate, and equitable resources, the Board of Regents needs to initiate a thorough review of all of the existing regulations and spell out what level of service is necessary to meet constitutional requirements. This specificity will assist school districts in making policy decisions in difficult economic times and ensure that students' rights are upheld at all times. The recommendations set forth in this report are intended to serve as examples for such an enterprise. This report highlights gaps and needed revisions in five of the areas of essential resources that the courts emphasized in "CFE" (curricula, instructional materials, personnel, class sizes, and resources for students with extraordinary needs). They include the following: (1) gaps in requirements for high school course offerings; (2) gaps in requirements for preparation for civic participation; (3) gaps in requirements for access to instructional materials; (4) gaps in requirements for sufficient numbers of qualified personnel; (5) gaps in requirements on class sizes; and (6) gaps in requirements for resources for students with disabilities. [For Part 1, see "A Roadmap to Constitutional Compliance Ten Years after 'CFE v. State'" (ED573134). For Part 3, see "Utilizing a Constitutional Cost Methodology" (ED573135). For Part 4, see "Ensuring Resource Accountability" (ED573136).] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University. Box 219, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 646-745-8282; e-mail: equity@tc.columbia.edu; Web site: http://www.equitycampaign.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01