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Education Funding Equity In Arkansas, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Education Funding Equity In Arkansas, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
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Thanks to the landmark Lake View case, Arkansas has doubled-down on its commitment to ensuring an equitable education to all students. This brief examines the equity of current education spending in Arkansas.
Placing Arkansas School Funding Data In The National Context, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Placing Arkansas School Funding Data In The National Context, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
In November 2002, the Arkansas Supreme Court found the Arkansas school funding system to be unconstitutional. The decade long court battle, Lake View v Huckabee, concluded when the Supreme Court determined that the state needed to develop a new system to provide a “general, suitable and efficient system of free public schools equally available to all" as called for by the Arkansas Constitution (Article 14, § 1). Arkansas, however, is not alone in being taken to court over the equity and adequacy of its school funding system. Since 1960, over 40 states’ educational funding systems have been legally challenged. Since …