Abstract

SILVEIRA, Adriana Dragone  and  SILVA, Bianca Cini da. Adequate Educational Funding: a study of US justice courts decisions. Fineduca [online]. 2023, vol.13, 122609.  Epub Apr 21, 2025. ISSN 2236-5907.  https://doi.org/10.22491/2236-5907122609.

The present study aims to map the court decisions that discuss educational funding in state courts in the United States of America (US) and analyze the disputes that have adequate education as its main claim. For this purpose, an analysis of litigations in courts between 2017 and 2020 on this issue was carried out. Since the 1960s, the disparity in educational funding has been discussed in courts of law, with changes in strategy over the years. Currently, the most present claim in educational litigations is the ability to fulfill the right to educational quality, which is foreseen in the states constitutions. During the period analyzed, 57 disputes on the subject were identified, 26 of which claimed for adequate education. It was observed that the post-recession environment is still visible in judicial decisions on educational financing, which brings more restrictive decisions on budget policies.

Keywords : Educational Funding; Adequate Education; Courts of Law; United States of America..

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