EE 073 562 DOCUMENT RESUME EA 004 962 Alexander, Kern, Ed
DOCUMENT RESUME EE 073 562 80 EA 004 962 AU'IHCi Alexander, Kern, Ed.; Jordan, K. Forbis, Ed. TITLE Constitutional Reform of School Finance. INSTITUTION National Educational Finance Project, Gainsville, Fla. SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (CHEW), Washington, C.C. PILL DATE Nov 72 NOTE 229p.; Papers presented at law andeducation conference (Indianapolis, Indiana, Spring,1972) ELRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$9.87 DESChIPTORS Conference Reports; Court Cases; *Educational Finance; *Education Vouchers; *Equal Education; Equalization Aid; Expenditure Per Student;Federal Aid; *Full State Funding; *Parochial School.Aid; Property Taxes; School Taxes; Speeches: State Aid IDENTIFIERS Elementary Secondary Education Act Title V; ESEA Title V ABSTRACT This book contains conferencepapers by experts in educational administration, law, andeconomics. Six of the papers are devoted to a legal analysis of fiscalinequality among school attendance units, school districts, and States.These contributions are: (1) K. Forbis Jordan and Kern Alexander, "ConstitutionalMethods of Financing Public Schools";(2) Richard A. Rossmiller, "FullState Funding: An Analysis and Critique"; (3) Kern Alexander, "Constitutionality of Federal School Aid Formulas"; (4)D. Brock Hornty and George W. Holmes, "Equalizationof Resources Within School Cistricts";(5) Jo Desha Lucas, "An Overextension ofEqual Protection"; and (6) Roe L. Johns, "Some CriticalIssues in School Financing." Three concluding papers providea pro and con discussion of public aid to parochial schools whereinboth legal and economic aspects of alternative financing schemesare brought into play. These contributions include: (1) William E.McManus, "Future Financing of Nonpublic Schools"; (2) Edd Doerr, "Implications of SupremeCourt Decisions for Public Aid to Parochial Schools";and (3) Frederick O. Goddard and Irving J.
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