Equality,+Equity,+&+Adequacy

Equality is providing equal financing between poor and rich districts. The “Robin Hood” endeavors that took funding from rich school districts and gave it to poorer school districts were an example of equality. Another example is providing equal financing to all of the high schools in a district and not providing more funding to schools in the more affluent part of the district.

Equity is having each student receive the same amount of funding and in theory have access to the same resources. An example is giving each school district in Texas the same amount of money for each student in their district. Another example is providing each high school in a district the same funding for school uniforms each school year.

Adequacy is having just enough funding to allow students to achieve. An example is providing just enough funding to a school so their students are passing the mathematics portion of TAKS. Another example is providing just enough funding to a school so they can provide SAT classes that assist student preparation and allow those students to reach a score that will allow them to be accepted to college.