CORAS to Discuss "The Next Steps in
Funding a Thorough and Efficient System of
Education for Ohio"
The
Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools
(CORAS) will be meeting to continue
discussions on Ohio's school funding
issues. The meeting, which is open to the
public, is being held on Wednesday
November 17, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. in Logan,
Ohio at the Olde Dutch Restaurant (located
on Routes 33 and 664, 20 miles southeast
of Lancaster and 25 miles northwest of
Athens on Route 33.) Keynote speakers of
the meeting include Kern Alexander,
President of Murray State University and
Richard Maxwell, Deputy Executive Director
of the Buckeye Association of School
Administrator's (BASA).
Alexander
will discuss "Financing Education in an
Era of Change." He will address various
structures (formulas) by which states
distribute funds to school districts and
go into depth on a school finance
structure that conforms to the principles
of law that have been identified in the
Ohio school funding suit (DeRolph).
Maxwell will follow Alexander's discussion
with "Some Observations on Funding the
Ohio Basket." Maxwell will provide
insights into financing the Ohio "Basket
of Essential Learning Resources" the
report recently released by the Ohio
Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of
School Funding.
For
more information, please read the
full
text of this news
release.
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