Serrano v. Priest

issue and at educational reform attempts throughout. Before presenting proposals to the California Legislature as a result of the STAR program, we’ll observe some key educational historical factors that occurred in California. In 1971, the course of California’s public educational system took a swift turn when the supreme court of the state, in Serrano v. Priest, declared that the funding of state schools by tax property was “inadequate” to meet education needs of all students (New York State Archives). In statistics presented in the case, now known as Serrano I, funds came primarily from local district taxes on real property, over fifty percent, and State School Funds, thirty-five percent, with each county having authorization from Legislature to levy taxes in real property within a school district at a rate in which to meet the district annual budget (Coon). This form of funding then required certain districts (low income) to tax at a higher rate to meet the per-student expenditure of wealthier districts (Coon). Consequently, in 1978, Proposition 13, was passed and implemented- setting a maximum tax amount- and was a result of the Serrano I ruling (New York State Archives). Ten years later, 1988, as results of the decrease in budget availability for districts due to the set maximum of Proposition 13, California voted to pass Proposition 98 (Proposition 98 Primer). The proposition amended the state constitution and required that a minimum percentage of state budget be…

Describe the key issues related to the Serrano v. Priest decision. What did the court decide? What action did the State take following the court’s decision? In 1968 a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of Mr. Serrano in the Superior Courts of Los Angeles. Serrano claimed the funding system for California schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, as well as the Equal Protection clause in the California Constitution. At the time of the Serrano case, per pupil…

BLOG POST Walking in the first day, I was very nervous but I felt very excited at the same time for my future. Me and my parents were welcomed into the James River Youth building by a crowd of sophomores that were chanting may name. I saw some familiar faces that i have met over the years and that made it all the more exciting for me. One of my best friends, Daneisha, was one of those faces and she took my picture for my student ID. This was her job because she was in the Communications…

Tale of Two Leaders The striking differences between a Catholic priest and a Christian pastor are nearly too numerous to count. Not only in the services they conduct, but their orientation into their field and the way they are taught to interact. The reality of the situation is the contrasts exist only to highlight to comparisons. Between Ronald Cobb, the Christion pastor in Horton Kansas, and Benjamin Tremmel, the Catholic priest of the Good Intent Parish, there exist some of the most uncommon…

If I wrote this paper 20 years ago while I was attending North Central Bible College, my thoughts on what I believed was the personal call on my life and of my plans for ministry after college would have created an essay that is significantly different than what I am writing here. My interpretation of a calling was probably like most of the students that attended NCBC, that it is a divine mission placed on your life, meaning that your life is dedicated to the furthering of the Gospel through…

Introduction William Willimon states in Calling and Character: Virtues of the Ordained Life: “this character, the cross, indelibly determines our character” (2000, p. 35). He connects how both the calling of the ordained and her/his character connect. Willimon addresses several things that I personally found beneficial as someone who is going into Christian Ministry. For example, he clearly addresses the need for unity between the professional and private life of a pastor. His goal is to inform…

Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama film. This movie is basically talking about a group called “Spotlight “which exist in The Boston Goble. This team only builds by only four people but they all have the passion beyond what they write and what related to this job. All the wants to do is give the justice back to this society. There is cases that they got into for research is child sexual abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. Because of what those children…

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Usually a priest will lead the service but this was a special occasion because the bishop came. The bishop and the priest split the sections, since he was there. They read mostly from their holy liturgy book and the service was filled with the congregations responses to the priest’s and bishop’s readings from it. The interesting part was that they did not use just one language during the service, they used three; English, Arabic, and Coptic. As they read from the book, they would read it out…

For my pastoral interview, I choose to interview the Senior Pastor of Huntington Central Church (Disciples of Christ) Rev. Jacque Parlato. I started the interview by asking Pastor Jacque to describe her call to ministry. More precisely I asked her to describe her calling from the time she first received it up until now. During this question Pastor Jacque began by telling me about her background and early life. She informed me that she was born and raised in Santiago California, to parents that…