Collaboration in search of a school funding remedy post DeRolph

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-329

  McKinley, Sandra K ^a   Phillis, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding   (United States)

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References (76)

1. DeRolph v. State (1997), 78 Ohio St. 3d 193, 677 N.E. 2d;
2. DeRolph I, 21.
3. DeRolph v. State (2000), 89 Ohio St. 3d 1;
4. DeRolph II.
5. DeRolph v. State (2001), 93 Ohio St. 3d;
6. DeRolph III, 1-13.
7. Ibid.
8. J. Siegal and C. Candisky, "School Funding: Has Ohio Fixed It?" Columbus Dispatch, March 25, 2007, A6.
9. Correspondence to Chief Justice Moyer from Howard Bellman, received by the Ohio court on March 21, 2002.
10. DeRolph v. State (2002), 97 Ohio St. 3d;
11. DeRolph IV, 11.
12. State ex. rel. State v. Lewis, 98 Ohio St.3d (DeRolph V) 2003-Ohio-2476.
13. "School-Funding Suit Laid to Rest." Columbus Dispatch, May 17, 2003.
14. Ibid.
15. E-mail from the Ohio Coalition, August 15, 2003.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Legislative Report, Legislative Service Commission, Table II, GRF, LGF, LPEF expenditures, FY 1975-2007 (Dollars in millions), August 2006 (updated). Available at http://www.lsc.state.oh/budgetdocuments.html.
19. Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding, communication, http://www.ohiocoalition.org.
20. A proposal by Ohio Public School Dialogue to engage Ohioans in discussion about the resources needed to provide an adequate education for all of the state's public schools. Available at http://www.ohiocoalition.org/pdfs/ Ohio_Public_School_Dialogue_QA.pdf.
21. S. McKinley, "The Journey to Adequacy: The DeRolph Saga," Journal of Education Finance 30(4) (Spring 2005): 371.
22. Ohio Coalition, "It Is Time to Put Some Teeth in the Constitution," February 21, 2005. Retrieved from http://www.ohiocoalition. org.
23. Initiative Petition, "Flannery Education Act," certified by the attorney general, August 2004.
24. William Phillis, telephone interview, August 3, 2005.
25. Educate Ohio Constitutional Amendment (working draft prepared by the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding).
26. William Phillis, telephone interview, March 2007.
27. Ibid.
28. William Phillis, telephone interview, January 5, 2006.
29. Ibid.
30. Initiative Petition for Amendment to the Constitution Proposed by Initiative Petition, to Be Submitted Direaly by the Eleaors, Summary, 1.
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid, 2.
33. Ibid.
34. Summary of Proposed School Funding Ballot Initiative. Retrieved from http://www.rightforohio.org.
35. Ibid.
36. Ibid.
37. Ibid.
38. Full text of proposed amendment. Available online at http://www. rightforohio.org.
39. Ibid, 2.
40. Ibid.
41. Ibid.
42. Ibid, 4.
43. Ibid.
44. Ibid.
45. Phillis interview, March 2007.
46. News release, Paid for by Campaign for Ohio's Future, David A. Varda, Treasurer. Getting It Right! For Ohio's Future, Paid for by Campaign for Ohio's Future, David A. Varda, Treasurer.
47. Ibid.
48. J. Siegel and C. Candisky, "Education Fix Carries Poisonous Price Tag," Columbus Dispatch, February 13, 2007.
49. Columbus Dispatch, "Bad and Expensive," February 13, 2007.
50. Ibid.
51. J. Hallett, "DeRolph Seen as Worthy Milestone, but Continued Fixes Questioned," Columbus Dispatch, January 21, 2007.
52. Sentinel-Tribune, "Ohio Must Take Bold Steps to Renew Its Public Schools," January 15, 2007, 1-3.
53. Ibid.
54. Columbus Dispatch, "Strickland Vows Changes in Education Funding and Health Care," March 14, 2007.
55. Columbus Dispatch, "Text of Governor Strickland's State of the State Address," March 14, 2007.
56. Ibid.
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid.
59. Ibid.
60. Ibid.
61. Ibid.
62. Columbus Dispatch, "The Hot Issue: Should Ohio Eliminate the School Voucher Program?" March 15, 2007.
63. J. Siegel, "Vouchers, Some Charters on Hit List," Columbus Dispatch, March 16, 2007.
64. College of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University, "Charter Schools Need to Be More Accountable to Public," December 11, 2006, available at http://ehe.osu.edu/news/program/charterschools.php
65. Ibid.
66. Toledo Blade, March 28, 2007.
67. S. Dillon, "Charter Schools Alter Map of Public Education in Dayton," New York Times, March 27, 2005. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/education/27charter.html.
68. J. C. Smyth, "School Vouchers 'Undemocratic' Strickland Says," Columbus Dispatch, March 17, 2007.
69. Ibid.
70. W. Bainbridge, "Home-Schooling Data Need Close Look," Columbus Dispatch, February 11, 2006.
71. Miller v. Korns (1923), 107 Ohio St. 287, 297-298, 140 N.E. 772, 776.
72. DeRolph v. State, (2000), 89 Ohio St. 3d 1.
73. Ibid.
74. J. Siegel and C. Candisky, "Education Fix Carries Poisonous Price Tag," Columbus Dispatch, February 13, 2007.
75. C. Candisky, " Vouchers, Charters Facing the Fire," Columbus Dispatch, April 18, 2007. Available at http://www.columbusdispatch.com/ dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/04/18/choice.ART_ART_04-18- 07_B1_246DRDN.html.
76. H. F. Ladd and J. S. Hansen, eds., Making Money Matter: Financing America's Schools (Washington, DC: National Academy Press): 123-124.