Abbott Districts: School Funding Still Unconstitutional

Institution	Education Law Center
Titel	Abbott Districts: School Funding Still Unconstitutional
Quelle	(2019), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Financial Support; Constitutional Law; Student Rights; Urban Schools; School Districts; State Aid; Budgeting; Costs; State Standards; Low Income Students; At Risk Students; Limited English Speaking; Students with Disabilities; Funding Formulas; Program Implementation; Court Litigation; Educational Equity (Finance); Expenditure per Student; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Quality; Taxes; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Staatsrecht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Cost; Kosten; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Funding; Finanzierung; Rechtsstreit; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Abgabe
Abstract	In the 2009 "Abbott v. Burke XX" decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court approved the SFRA formula as a replacement for the previously Court-ordered "parity" and "supplemental funding" remedies for the longstanding violation of the constitutional right to a thorough and efficient education of students in 31 urban, or "Abbott," districts. However, in allowing the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) formula to be applied to the Abbott districts, the Court placed a crucial "caveat," or condition, on the State going forward. Specifically, the Supreme Court determined that the constitutional "heart" of the SFRA formula is the "adequacy budget," or the level of spending for each district based on the cost of educating all students to achieve state standards, along with the cost of programs for low-income (at-risk) students, limited English proficient students, and students with disabilities. Further, the Court found that when fully funded to each district's adequacy budget, the SFRA formula can deliver the essential resources -- teachers, support staff and programs -- necessary to provide a "thorough and efficient" (T&E) education, as mandated by the State Constitution, for students in all New Jersey school districts. This report examines the State's implementation of the SFRA in the Abbott districts over the last decade. The report shows that the State's commitment to fully funding the formula lasted only one year, and since that time the Abbott districts have fallen further and further behind. Though there are significant variations by district, the Abbott districts as a group have fallen behind in spending relative to adequacy, the level approved as constitutional by the Supreme Court. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01