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Best Education Money Could Buy: Battle for School Funding Reform
May 3, 2005
Produced by Jay Field

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We take a look at the reality behind the school funding reform movement from the perspective of several school superintendents who are in the process of fulfilling the federal mandate to hire a qualified teacher for every classroom.
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Originally broadcast May 3, 2005, on Eight Forty-Eight
Jacob Adams of the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education discusses school finance reform.
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Center on Reinventing Public Education

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Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
Text of School Funding Reform Bills:
   SB 750
   SB 1484
School Finance Redesign Project
A+ Illinois
Better Funding for Better Schools Coalition
Valley View Community Unit District 365U
Community Unit District 300
Illinois State Board of Education—Education Funding Advisory Board
Illinois State Board of Education—No Child Left Behind

 
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