Assessment Matters: The Rise and Fall of the Illinois Resource Equalizer Formula

Autor/in	Steffes, Tracy L.
Titel	Assessment Matters: The Rise and Fall of the Illinois Resource Equalizer Formula
Quelle	In: History of Education Quarterly, 60 (2020) 1, S.24-57 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2680
DOI	10.1017/heq.2020.7
Schlagwörter	Educational Equity (Finance); Funding Formulas; Taxes; School District Wealth; State Legislation; Politics of Education; Court Litigation; Finance Reform; Educational Finance; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Funding; Finanzierung; Abgabe; Landesrecht; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Rechtsstreit; Financial reform; Finanzreform; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	This article explores the passage and failure of the 1973 Illinois Resource Equalizer formula which was designed to reduce disparities in school finance by breaking the connection between local wealth and school revenue. It argues that two sets of goals drove passage of the new law--equity and local property tax relief--and they came into conflict during implementation, with the latter winning out over the former. It argues that to understand both the passage and failure of the law requires looking deeply at the politics, policies, and practices of taxation, especially the methods of assessing property and levying taxes, where officials made decisions about how to apportion burden and benefits. The Illinois Resource Equalizer story highlights the political and policy choices that structure inequality through school finance at a moment when it was quietly defended and deepened. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01