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Modifying The New York State Public School Financing Formula After Levittown, Elizabeth M. Flinn
Modifying The New York State Public School Financing Formula After Levittown, Elizabeth M. Flinn
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Spending on public education is primarily an obligation of state legislature and local school districts in the United States. Legislatures determine not only the amount of education spending, but also how much money is to be given to specific school districts. As a result, there have been growing discrepancies over how much financial assistance one district will have over another, leaving children from poor and fiscally overburdened districts at a disadvantage. This Note focuses on the New York case, Levittown v. Nyquist, as well as the New York funding formula, and ultimately recommends adoption of a school finance system that …