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Post Rodriquez Pages 388-395

Post Rodriquez Pages 388-395. Debbie A. Helm. 2 nd Wave of Finance Cases. Requiring public education to be Uniform Adequate Thorough & Efficient Due to : Vague Provisions Absence of quantified standards Differences among states(language/provisions). The Wave Brought on. Focus

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Post Rodriquez Pages 388-395

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  1. Post RodriquezPages 388-395 Debbie A. Helm

  2. 2nd Wave of Finance Cases Requiring public education to be • Uniform • Adequate • Thorough & Efficient Due to : • Vague Provisions • Absence of quantified standards • Differences among states(language/provisions)

  3. The Wave Brought on Focus Educational Outcomes Students in low Socioeconomic areas Reform Adequate Education for students State Level Accountability (Teachers/Administrators)

  4. Rose v Council for Better EducationSupreme Court of Kentucky, 1989790 S.W. 2d. 186 Issue: Whether Kentucky General Assembly has complied with mandate to “provide an efficient system of common schools throughout the state”. Complaint: Emphasis on local school board resources Results in inadequacies, inequities and inequalities throughout the state Violation of Sect. 1 & 3 and 183, equal protection clause, and due process clause of 14th Amendment. Not efficient under mandate of Section 183

  5. Issues: 1. Defining the phrase “an efficient system of common schools (Section 183 of Kentucky Constitution) 2. Whether education is a fundamental right under our Constitution 3. Whether Kentucky’s current method of financing its common school violates Section 183 4. Whether students in “poor” school districts are denied equal protection of the laws.

  6. Differences Found Curriculum (Foreign Language, Science, Mathematics, Music, and Art) Achievement test scores Student/Teacher Ratio Inadequate educational opportunities

  7. Significance • Local School Districts • School Board • Kentucky Department of Education to the Minimum Foundation Program and Power Equalization Program

  8. Decision: General Assembly has fallen short of its duty School system in Kentucky is constitutionally Deficient (Chief Justice Stephens)

  9. As a result of : • Restructured state education system • Same financing • 60% increase in state funding • Council of teachers/parents with budgetary and hiring authority • Students ages 6-8 in same classroom • Comprehensive state testing

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