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Connecticut v. Spellings, No. 05-1330 (D. Conn. Sept. 27, 2006) about 7 hours ago
- court concluded it lacked the subject matter jurisdiction to hear this claim
- U.S. Constitution’s Spending Clause and the Tenth Amendment, the court found that those claims were paired with the first count and that
- 2 more annotations...
- - the same reasoning therefore applied
  - no statutory standards by which a court could measure ED’s reasons for denying the waivers
Evenly divided Sixth Circuit affirms dismissal of NCLB unfunded mandates suit about 8 hours ago
- split 8-8
- Sixth Circuit issued an order affirming the decision of a Michigan district court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by nine school districits in three states and ten education associations along with the National Education Association
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- - Sixth Circuit reversed the district court, concluding that the plaintiffs had stated a valid legal claim that they are not liable for the costs of complying with NCLB mandates in excess of the federal funding provided
  - the panel held that states did not have the clear notice of their liabilities required by the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution
  - does NCLB furnish clear notice to a state that chooses to accept federal funds that it will have to pay for any additional costs of implementing the Act not covered by the federal monies
  - NCLB still fails the Spending Clause inquiry because it does not provide clear notice to states that they must incur the costs of compliance
  - NCLB clearly requires the states (and school districts) to comply with its requirements
Archived: Executive Summary of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 about 9 hours ago
- too many of our neediest children are being left behind
- No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
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- - reauthorizes the ESEA
  - increased accountability for States
  - greater choice for parents
  - flexibility for States and local educational agencies (LEAs)
  - stronger emphasis on reading
  - accountability systems
  - requires school districts to spend up to 20 percent of their Title I allocations to provide school choice and supplemental educational services to eligible students.
McREL Products - Education Issues in the Heartland - Issues and Trends in School Finance on 2009-12-06
- first is known as horizontal
  equity
- Vertical equity calls for
  allocating more resources to students whose education costs more
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- - opportunity
  - equal
  - education
  - special
School-Based Management: Promise and Process on 2009-12-05
- students' needs
21st Century School Finance: How Is the Context Changing? on 2009-12-05
- how to harness the school finance system
- court rulings that tie school funding to the adequacy of educational
  provision
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- - demographic realities
  - competitive marketplace
  - new technologies
  - diversifying the provision of publicly
    funded
  - performance and accountability
  - failing
  - improving
    student learning
  - marketplace
  - parents
  - intertwined issues of school choice and competition
  - focusing education on performance is standards-based
    reform
  - test scores as the most frequently
    measured outcome
  - money
  - schools
  - teachers
  - educational programs
  - how to design
    accountability systems
  - allocated
  - decisions
  - made
    at the district level.
  - Adequacy
  - litigation
  - as a key strategy in efforts to reform school finance
  - Litigation
  - disparities
  - because of differences in local wealth
  - efforts to apply federal
    14th Amendment protections failed
  - focused on reducing spending disparities
  - litigation
  - courts found school funding sys
    tems unconstitutional
  - education clauses
  - education as a state function
  - thorough and efficient
  - ample
  - adequate
  - adequacy
    standard
  - links school finance directly and
    centrally to decisions about improving student learning
  - It is widely agreed
    that poor children and children with limited proficiency in English need more
    expensive education services
  - 1.2 for poor children and children with limited proficiency in English
  - capital expenditures needed
  - sustaining annual operating costs
  - funds to regularly retire and replenish portions
  - school-based
Redefining School-Based Budgeting for High Performance on 2009-12-05
- allocation formula
- allocation formula
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- - Districts provided schools with varying amounts of budget authority.
  - more discretion in their site budgets
  - amount of power
  - budget process usually began with the principal and/or a budget subcommittee
  - parents and students
  - many stakeholders
Redefining School-Based Budgeting for High Performance on 2009-12-05
- school site define their own training needs and how services will be delivered
Redefining School-Based Budgeting for High Performance on 2009-12-04
- schools can allocate money according to site needs and priorities
- schools establish priorities and make budget decisions.
Investing in School Technology: Strategies to Meet the Funding Challenge on 2009-12-04
- Lease purchase financing is one of the most flexible vehicles for supporting technology funding strategies
- tax-exempt
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- - lowest interest rate from bids submitted by financing institutions
  - Green Local School District in Ohio
  - preservation of capital dollars
  - lexible payment structure
  - one stop" package
  - initial investment in technology

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