“recognize and correct
the fundamental
unfairness of allocating
$3,000 in State aid per
pupil to districts which
are identical in fiscal
capacity. One district is
located in a high cost
area of the State where
this $3,000 has a
purchasing power of only
$2,250 and 80 percent
of the student body live
in households that fall
below poverty. The
second district is in a low
cost area of the State
where the purchasing
power equivalent of this
$3,000 is $3,500 per
pupil and only 10
percent of its student
body is poor.”
The paper also reaffirmed the conclusion of substantial prior
research that “as the concentration of children in poverty
increased at the school building level, achievement decreased.
These negative achievements effects were not trivial but
dramatic.” As to the relationship between funding and student
need, the paper found that 93 percent of New York City students
fell within the ENA formula, and that this percentage:
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