Author: Kathryn Fifield
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Languages : en
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Article X, § 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution requires that the legislature provide for the establishment of public schools, that those schools be “as uniform as is practicable,” and that they be free of charge for all children. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has interpreted “uniformity” in public instruction to mean uniform access to a “sound, basic education.” Since 1973, the Wisconsin state legislature has attempted to provide for a sound basic education across districts through a multi-tiered state aid formula which is designed to equalize tax rates amongst districts with varied tax capacity. In Vincent v. Voight, 236 Wis. 2d 588 (2000), the Wisconsin Supreme Court not only declared that a sound, basic education is a fundamental right under the Wisconsin Constitution, it tacitly endorsed what this paper calls a “minimum state investment.” This paper argues that, due to passive failures to adjust the formula given current tax capacity and deductions from state aid to fund school choice programs, the state legislature is no longer making the minimum state investment that the Supreme Court approved in Vincent. As a consequence, the burden of guaranteeing a sound, basic education has shifted to local school districts in violation of the state's constitutional duty. This shift, as well as local school districts' disuniform ability to provide a sound basic education in the absence of sufficient state aid, renders Wisconsin's school finance system unconstitutional.
Disparity and Disuniformity
Author: Kathryn Fifield
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Languages : en
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Article X, § 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution requires that the legislature provide for the establishment of public schools, that those schools be “as uniform as is practicable,” and that they be free of charge for all children. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has interpreted “uniformity” in public instruction to mean uniform access to a “sound, basic education.” Since 1973, the Wisconsin state legislature has attempted to provide for a sound basic education across districts through a multi-tiered state aid formula which is designed to equalize tax rates amongst districts with varied tax capacity. In Vincent v. Voight, 236 Wis. 2d 588 (2000), the Wisconsin Supreme Court not only declared that a sound, basic education is a fundamental right under the Wisconsin Constitution, it tacitly endorsed what this paper calls a “minimum state investment.” This paper argues that, due to passive failures to adjust the formula given current tax capacity and deductions from state aid to fund school choice programs, the state legislature is no longer making the minimum state investment that the Supreme Court approved in Vincent. As a consequence, the burden of guaranteeing a sound, basic education has shifted to local school districts in violation of the state's constitutional duty. This shift, as well as local school districts' disuniform ability to provide a sound basic education in the absence of sufficient state aid, renders Wisconsin's school finance system unconstitutional.
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Languages : en
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Article X, § 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution requires that the legislature provide for the establishment of public schools, that those schools be “as uniform as is practicable,” and that they be free of charge for all children. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has interpreted “uniformity” in public instruction to mean uniform access to a “sound, basic education.” Since 1973, the Wisconsin state legislature has attempted to provide for a sound basic education across districts through a multi-tiered state aid formula which is designed to equalize tax rates amongst districts with varied tax capacity. In Vincent v. Voight, 236 Wis. 2d 588 (2000), the Wisconsin Supreme Court not only declared that a sound, basic education is a fundamental right under the Wisconsin Constitution, it tacitly endorsed what this paper calls a “minimum state investment.” This paper argues that, due to passive failures to adjust the formula given current tax capacity and deductions from state aid to fund school choice programs, the state legislature is no longer making the minimum state investment that the Supreme Court approved in Vincent. As a consequence, the burden of guaranteeing a sound, basic education has shifted to local school districts in violation of the state's constitutional duty. This shift, as well as local school districts' disuniform ability to provide a sound basic education in the absence of sufficient state aid, renders Wisconsin's school finance system unconstitutional.
The Selective Service System: Its Operation, Practices, and Procedures
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
Author: Lloyd's (Firm)
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Category : Commercial law
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Category : Commercial law
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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The Selective Service System: Its Operation, Practices, and Procedures
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure
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Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
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Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
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Refugee Roulette
Author: Jaya Ramji-Nogales
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814741061
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The first analysis of decisions at all four levels of the asylum adjudication process : the Department of Homeland Security, the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the United States Courts of Appeals. The data reveal tremendous disparities in asylum approval rates, even when different adjudicators in the same office each considered large numbers of applications from nationals of the same country. After providing a thorough empirical analysis, the authors make recommendations for future reform. From publisher description.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814741061
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The first analysis of decisions at all four levels of the asylum adjudication process : the Department of Homeland Security, the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the United States Courts of Appeals. The data reveal tremendous disparities in asylum approval rates, even when different adjudicators in the same office each considered large numbers of applications from nationals of the same country. After providing a thorough empirical analysis, the authors make recommendations for future reform. From publisher description.
Selective Service System: Its Operation, Practices, and Procedures
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure
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Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
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Investigates implementation of Military Selective Service Act of 1967, upon which is based the system for drafting males between 18 and 26 years of age, and which allegedly is "unfair, disruptive and unpredictable" and "needs to be reformed.".
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Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
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Investigates implementation of Military Selective Service Act of 1967, upon which is based the system for drafting males between 18 and 26 years of age, and which allegedly is "unfair, disruptive and unpredictable" and "needs to be reformed.".
United States Reports
Author: United States. Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1470
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1470
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Uncertain Justice
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
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Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Federal Judicial Branch
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Official Reports of the Supreme Court
Author: United States. Supreme Court
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Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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