Claremont Education Lawsuit Informational Book

Table Of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Procedural History of The Claremont lawsuit
  4. History of Jessemen, Augenblick,and Claremont
  5. The December 30,1993 New Hampshire Supreme Court Claremont I decision
  6. The December 6, 1996, trial ruling by the Superior Court against the school districts
    1. Count I - Adequacy of Education
      1. Definition of Educational Adequacy
      2. Adequate and Equitable
      3. Analysis of the Evidence
        1. Per Pupil Expenditures
        2. Student Teacher Ratios
        3. Technology
        4. Curriculum Development
        5. "At Risk" and Enrichment Programs
        6. Educational Outputs
        7. Facilities
    2. Count II - Adequacy of Funding
      1. Tax Rate = Tax Burden
      2. State Categorical Aid Programs
    3. Count III - Denial of Equal Protection
    4. Count VI - School taxes are Unreasonable and not Proportional
  7. Conditions in the Petitioner School Districts
  8. The December 17,1997, New Hampshire Supreme Court Claremont II decision
  9. Tax rates of all the state's school districts

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