A CASE STUDY

A case study: Equitable funding in Education of exceptional Children in Urban Communities; A shared responsibility

Table of content

Outline3

Introduction3

Significance of the Study3

Definition of Terms4

Research Questions8

Literature Review10

Methodology13

Data Collection and Analysis13

Results13

Multicultural Knowledge of Physical Education Teachers14

Conclusion15

References17

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A case study: Equitable funding in Education of exceptional Children in Urban Communities; A shared responsibility

Outline

The essay explains a case study related to equitable funding in Education of exceptional Children in Urban Communities; A shared responsibility. The study also gives Literature Review and Methodology of the topic.

Introduction

American public schools continue to be faced with numerous challenges. The system as currently designed and implemented falls short of adequately educating a sizable portion of the population, including children with disabilities. A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people, it shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools.

Significance of the Study

Education is not a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution. Instead, because, pursuant to the Tenth Amendment, it is governed by state law, every state constitution has a provision mandating, at a minimum, that the state provide a system of free public schools. Thus, in America, free public education is a constitutional value. Although free public education for all is a constitutional value, America's public schools remain unequal and often fail to provide students with the education they need. Moreover, because the failure of public schools is more frequent and better documented in cities than in suburbs or rural areas, the consequences are felt most among minority students, who are more likely to be urban dwellers. Many, perhaps most, of these inequalities are the direct result of significant financial disparities among the public schools. While local school boards receive funds from both federal and state sources, all local districts, except those in Hawai'i (which is a single district) and Michigan raise much of the money necessary for operations through a percentage tax, with the rate set by the local residents, on the value of the real property in the district. Due to differences in rates and in the value of real property, this system results in vast disparities. As a result, some districts have trouble providing even the basics, while others are able to offer educational luxuries. While the states' legislatures and executives have adopted various mechanisms to correct this financial inequality, the disparities remain (Thro, 2005).

PEIMS

Definition of Terms

Definition

EIMS is the acronym for the Public Education Information Management System.

PEIMS is a data collection system developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) (HB 72 of 1984) to provide a single system for collecting school district information and to maintain the information in one common coordinated database for accountability.

Problem Statement.

Average Daily Attendance CADA) Eligible Student

A student coded as meeting all the criteria required to be a student in the Texas public schools.

Adequate Funding Level

Funding is sufficient for all districts to provide ...