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Welcome to my Educational Learning Site titled Heroes Welcome !

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My top three in the history of education !

A new state constitution was written in 1869 by Reconstructionists following the Civil War and it called for mandatory school attendance for students beginning at age eight through fourteen. Requiring the attendance of students to schools was pivitol in the way we fund our schools. The required attendance of students in my mind set the standard and importance of education.

The Gilmer-Aiken Laws significantly impacted how the state funded schools and how schools operated. In 1947, the establishment of the Gilmer Aiken Commitee, then the passing of the laws in 1949. The Gilmer Aiken Laws changed both the methods of state funding and school operations. The laws bascically organized some key elements of Texas education e.g. salary rates, formalized school year, while attempting to address the issues of adequacy in funding.

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(Senate Bill 1) was approved by the Texas Supreme Court in 1995 in which wealth would be distributed by having property wealthy districts distribute revenue by selecting one of five methods. This plan was signed into law by Governor Ann Richards in 1993. Popular phrasing called this process the “Robin Hood Plan” and included the key element of revenue recapture.

Through the use of the lcourts the issue of equality in funding was brought to the forfront. The legislation signed into law attempted to equally fund schools by redistrubuting a certain amout of wealthier districts money to other districts. I think this was huge, because it addressed equality in the funding process.

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My Name is Murrel Stewart I am an Assistant Principal in the Port Arthur School District. I am a proud father of 4 : Xavier 3, Daniel 4, Jamien 7 and Alana 1. I named this Wiki Heroes Welcome because I believe it takes heroes to step into the educational field and give thier all for children.media type="file" key="Capture 2 (3-13-2011 7-48 PM).wmv" width="300" height="300"

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