Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
4-9-2013
Keywords
Arkansas, poverty funding system
Series Title
Office for Education Policy
Series Number
Volume 10 Issue 04
Abstract
As a result of the Arkansas Supreme Court’s Lake View v. Huckabee Decision, the Public School Funding Act of 2003 established Arkansas’ current funding system. A part of the current system allocates additional funding for districts based on need (categorical funding). In doing so, the state recognizes that it is necessary to distribute additional funding based on educational need to meet adequacy and equity standards. The system allocates funding for groups of students who face particular challenges: Alternative Learning Environment students (ALE), English-language Learners (ELL), and students in poverty (National School Lunch Act). In the current legislative session, lawmakers are examining the poverty funding system (NSLA). In this brief, we examine Arkansas’ system for poverty funding and how districts spend poverty funding.
Citation
Greenwood, R., & Ritter, G. W. (2013). Categorical Funding in Arkansas. Policy Briefs. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepbrief/43
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