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Serrano v. Priest took place in California, and argued that the state's finance system put students in low income districts at a disadvantage; because the system was too dependent on local property taxes. The Californian Supreme Court argued that the funding program violated the 14th amendment, because there was too much disparity in their funding allocation. This was one of the first of many cases across the U.S. that challenged states' school funding.
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This case challenged the Texas school funding system, by arguing that the Equal Protection Clause mandates equal funding for all school districts. Like the California system that was challenged in Serrano v. Priest, the Texas funding system was based on property taxes, thus low income are were put at a disadvantage. What made this case so monumental was that the supreme court ruled in favor of the Texas system, by stating the 14th amend does not exactly require equality among school districts.
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The first of a series of cases, this case saw the, New Jersey based, Education Law Center challenge the state's funding system by claiming it disadvantaged low income students and contributed to the disparity of adequacy of education in the state. The New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the state to restructure its allocation system in order to ensure that low-income districts, or "Abbott districts", receive funding equivalent to wealthier districts.
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This case challenged the New York State school financing system, saying that its reliance on property taxes disadvantaged low income students. The court recognized the inequality; however, they ruled that the disparity was not large enough to deprive students from their fundamental right to education. This ruling is interesting because New Jersey found the opposite in Abbot v. Burke only a few years before.
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This Kentucky case challenged the school finance system, and created 7 requirements for the state: 1. the state must create and maintain a system of common schools 2. the system of common schools must be efficient 3. the system of common schools must be free 4. the system of common schools must provide equal educational opportunities to all students 5. the state must control and administer the system.6. the system must be “substantially uniform” 7. the system must be equal for all students.
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This set of cases argued that the state of New York's public school funding was inadequate, and denied students of their fundamental right to education. The case spanned a five year period, resulting in a court decision that required the state of New York to reform their funding system, in order to ensure all students receive equal and adequate education.
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