Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

6-1-2005

Keywords

School funding

Series Title

Office for Education Policy

Series Number

Volume 02 Issue 17

Abstract

Arkansans may have thought that the decades-long fight over school funding was settled in 2002, when the state Supreme Court handed down the Lake View ruling which directed the state to “adequately and equitably” fund the education system. Since the Supreme Court’s decision, state legislators have made some strides in addressing the mandates outlined by the Court, such as increasing the state funding levels for districts and approving a plan to fund improvements to school facilities across the state.

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