Power, Constraint, and Policy Change: Courts and Education Finance Reform (SUNY series in American Constitutionalism) - Hardcover

Howard, Robert M.; Roch, Christine H.; Schorpp, Susanne; Gleason, Shane A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1438481357 ISBN 13: 9781438481357

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2021

Synopsis

Examines how state courts change public policy through an analysis of their influence on state education finance reform.

Power, Constraint, and Policy Change analyzes state court influence on state education finance reform. Beginning in the early 1970s litigants began filing suits in state courts to change state education funding in order to prevent disparities in education resources between wealthy and poor communities. These cases represent a fundamental policy debate in American society, pitting the importance of education against the cost and method of funding it. Through education finance, the authors explore how and why courts often end up determining and resolving policy funding debates. Education funding has involved both the federal constitution and state constitutions, as well as legislation and court-mandated remedies, which, ultimately, determine who and how we pay for this critical American value.

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About the Author

Robert M. Howard is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438481357
• ISBN 13: 9781438481357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 162