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School Finance Litigation (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Jan. 15, 2009
Report Number RS22622
Report Type Report
Authors Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Over the past several decades, a series of lawsuits have challenged funding disparities that exist among school districts within the states. Spurred by concerns that such disparities discriminated against students in poor school districts or resulted in an inadequate education, school finance plaintiffs began filing lawsuits in federal and state courts based on theories involving educational equity or adequacy. This report provides an analysis of litigation regarding school financing, including an overview of the legal issues involved in such litigation and a description of the leading school finance cases at both the federal and state level.