Courts as policymakers : school finance reform litigation / Anna Lukemeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lukemeyer, Anna.

Series:

American legal institutions.

American legal institutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Finance--Law and legislation--United States.

Education.

Judgments--United States.

Judgments.

Judicial process--United States.

Judicial process.

Education--United States--Finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lukemeyer describes four policy important to the effectiveness of school finance reforms: 1) the existence of multiple, sometimes inconsistent, definitions of school finance equity; 2) the uncertain relationship between school spending levels and student outcomes; 3) the role of differences in resource costs and student characteristics in designing an equitable funding system; 4) the role of voter preferences in determining school funding levels. Her book examines the role of each of these issues (and associated expert knowledge) in judicial reasoning and in decisions for or against plaintiffs.

Contents:

School finance reform and the courts

Policy issues as defined by education finance scholars

Research questions and methods

Judicial definitions of equity and case outcomes : findings

Judicial definitions of equity and treatment of key issues : findings

Exploring the impact of different judicial choices using simulations

Judicial treatment of school finance equity issues : summary and conclusions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-013-2

OCLC:

614575960