Like many other states striving for fairness in funding rich and poor school districts, Texas has found no quick fix. After the state supreme court last year affirmed a 1987 district court ruling that the existing system was unconstitutional, Governor Bill Clements and state lawmakers wrestled with the issue through four rancorous special sessions. They finally adopted a formula for bolstering less affluent districts with additional state funds. Last week District Court Judge F. Scott McCown pitched out that plan. Ruling in a suit by the poor school districts that filed the original action, McCown concluded, "The rich districts are left...
Schools: Elusive Equality
Elusive Equality
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