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Top 3 events in the historical background of Texas School Finance EDLD 5342 Group 2 Thyrun Hurst....black ink - Daniel Mitchell....blue ink - Sarah Otto....green ink Week One Assisgnment - Part 1

1. State constitution of 1869 written by Reconstructionists following the Civil War. This was very important then and is even more important in today's society ...................this is in my opinion is the single most important decision in school/education. All students are required to attend school, the teaching of self dependency and self motivation is critical in the "21st Century" in order to remain as the leading country in the nation. I also agree that this was a significant event in Texas education. Not only because this was the most vigorous effort of establishing a free public education to everyone but also because it addressed a better system for collecting taxes to operate them. This legislation later paved the way for the M&O tax rate. I agree on the signfiicance of the State Constitution written in 1869 regarding education in Texas. As with most change in society the call for mandatory school attendance was met with some resistance by the refusal of some people to pay the poll tax and the ad valorem tax. Fortunately, a cause for the good of all prevailed. 2. The Gilmer-Aiken Law (1949) significantly impacted how the state funded schools and how schools operated.
 * called for mandatory school attendance fro students beginning at age 8-14
 * teacher salaries
 * school year formalized
 * structure of SBOE and how the Commissioner of Education was selected
 * Gilmer-Aiken also was the first to establish what is common practice now of attempting to hold the state accountable for adequately funding public education.
 * Reduced the number of school districts in Texas from 4,500 to 2,900. This would make it easier to to supplement local taxes to adequately fund public education as well as to monitor/govern school district operations.

3.Edgewood v Kirby of 1995
 * Known as the Robin Hood Plan - key element of revenue recapture......."Steal money from the rich districts to give to the poor disticts"
 * This is by far the most controverisal piece of legisilation. I honestly can argue for both sides. I experience this in my district where we recieve money from the neighboring "rich" district to a tune of 6 million dollars. Even AFTER they send the state our money each year, they still have higher salary schedules by $15,000 and have all of the "bells and whistles" that we as a district cannot afford. They recieve all of thier tax base from the oil and gas plants in thier area.
 * Amount of property wealth per student identifies Chapter 41 and Chapter 42 school districts

Brenda Avance EDLD 5342 SU3003 Cohort 5 Wiki Group 5 I like your groups three choices of events in the historical background of Texas SF. My personal favorite is Gilmer-Aiken Law (1949) because of all the items it impacted especially teacher salaries. Good job Wiki Group 2. Happy Collaborating! FYI I'm borrowing but not bringing it back (stealing) your color idea!!!!!!