Correspondence from Ellis to Gordon with Rossell Exhibits
Correspondence
September 24, 1992
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HARTFORD METRO AREA EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
CORRELATIONS BETWEEN AID/EXPENDITURES AND INDICATORS OF POVERTY A
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Per Pupil Per Pupil State Aid 6th Grade 6th Grade | a
» Expenditures Expenditures Per Pupil Reading Math % AFDC
% Minority 0.26 -0.23 0.45% 0.84% 0.80 a78%
% AFDC -0.05 -0.564 0.65% 0.914 0.884
% Below 6th Read 0.06 —0.54* 0.707%
o% Below 6th Math 0.06 —0.51 0.67%
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1. As shown in column 3, Connecticut state aid per pupil is strongly positively
correlated with % minority, % AFDC, % below 6th grade remedial reading and math
in the Hartford Metro Area.
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| &.e. they are higher in higher % white, and wealthier and higher achieving districts)
in the Hartford Metro Area. pay "4
3. The effect of Connecticut state aid is to reduce the significant negaiive relationship
between localffederal per pupil expenditure and 9, AFDC, % below 6th grade remedial
| reading level, and 6th grade remedial math level {column 2) to no relationship
0 at all between total per pupil expenditures and indicators of poverty (column 1) in the
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California Arkansas Alabama
Connecticut | Delaware Alaska
Massachusetts Michigan Arizona
Minnesota Missouri Colorado
New York Ohio Florida
Washington Georgia
Wisconsin Hawaii
Idaho
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Indiana
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Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
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Virginia
West Virginia
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* California continues to fund schoal desegregation plans out of the state budget although
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SCHOOL DIST DESEG % MIN. 1-4 1-3 1-2 7-1 T+0 T+1 T+2
SMALL DISTRICTS <35X% MIN. --MAND.REASS.
ST. PAUL, MN 1973 11.1 43432 44378 44130 42476 40234 35313 35369
DES MOINES, IA 1977 11.9 37546 36306 34872 33435 31823 30305 29756
AMARILLO, TX 1972 14.2 26083 25361 24683 23915 22890 23094 22876
TULSA, OK 1971 17.1 66413 66413 65943 64077 61390 56859 53312
RACINE, WI 1975 18.7 26160 25586 24902 24279 22678 21802 19901
SPRINGFIELD, MA 1974 32.4 22501 21547 20631 19220 17946 17327 16559
WACO, TX 1971 32.5 13178 12842 12506 12027 11435 10802 9591
AVERAGE 1973 19.7 33616 33205 32524 31347 29771 27929 26766
LARGE DISTRICTS <35X MIN. --MAND.REASS.
MONTGOMERY CO, MD 1976 11.3 113795 112990 110299 106900 97575 93278 88040
FAYETTE CO., KY 1972 17.7 28836 29429 29814 29599 29100 28703 28538
JEFFERSON CO., KY 1975 20.5 117613 115934 112443 105538 93263 88782 84902
NEW CASTLE CO., DE 1978 23.5 64679 61843 57070 53162 47008 42307 38980
NASHVILLE, TN 1971 26.3 69515 71039 72563 71603 64114 61402 59322
MECKLENBURG CO. ,NC 1970 29.5 57079 57079 58623 59530 56819 54926 53629
AVERAGE 1974 21.1 75253 T4719 T3469 T1055 64647 61566 58902
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AVERAGE 5.8 25603 25865 26126 25994 25861 26906 27950
SMALL DISTRICTS >35% MINORITY-MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT PLANS
BOSTON, MA 1974 40.4 62014 59390 57405 53593 44937 37479 32477
STOCKTON, CA 1975 43.2 18568 17970 17036 16163 13920 12426 11545
DAYTON, OH 1976 47.9 28698 26111 24502 23065 19039 17897 16398
AVERAGE 1975 43.8 36427 34490 32981 30940 25965 22601 20140
LARGE DISTRICTS >35% MINORITY-MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT PLANS
E.BATON ROUGE, LA 1981 40.4 41376 39649 39379 35945 32974 27920 27779
DALLAS, TX 1971 40.6 97888 97888 96480 94393 85782 78214 72688
CHATHAM CO., GA 1970 61.1 25367 25167 24967 24767 22782 19370 16894
MOBILE CO. ,AL 1970 41.7 44542 44542 44023 42620 38677 35548 35943
CADDO PARISH, LA 1970 43.9 31117 32513 33909 31989 27298 26677 26044
MONTGOMERY CO., AL 1976 48.1 19823 19217 18325 18491 18656 17555 17458
LOS ANGELES, CA 1978 63.5 252446 240787 219775 194808 165315 146535 128387
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SMALL DISTRICTS <35X MIN.--MAND.REASS.
ST. PAUL, MN 1973 11.1 105 102.2% 101.6% 97.8% . 81.3% 81.4% 73.3% . 61.7% 59.1% 63.3% 47.2% -53.5%
DES MOINES, IA 1977 11.9 63 96.7% 92.9% 89.1% . 80.7% 79.3% 73.4% . 69.2% 67.3% 66.8% . 64.5% -30.6%
AMARILLO, TX 1972 14.2 61 97.2% 94.6% 91.7% 88.5% 87.7% 85.8% . 82.2% 80.4X 78.3% 764.9% -20.9%
TULSA, OK 1971 17.1 49 100.0% 99.3% 96.5% 85.6% 80.3% 76.0% . 69.1% 65.2% 60.4% 48.4% -51.2%
RACINE, WI 1975 18.7 75 97.8% 95.2% 92.8% . 83.3% 76.1% 73.5% . 65.8% 62.9% 61.3% 55.8% -41.4%
SPRINGFIELD, MA 1974 32.4 75 95.8% 91.7% 85.4% . 77.0% 73.6% 70.4% 60.4% 55.2% 52.1% 44.9% -51.0%
WACO, TX 1971 32.5 59 97.5% 94.9% 91.3% . 82.0% 72.8% 66.6% . 58.7% 56.1% 53.5% 43.2% -54.5%
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MONTGOMERY CO, MD 1976 11.3 495 99.3% 96.9% 93.9% . 82.0% 77.4% 72.5% . 64.0% 60.5% 58.4% 55.9% -42.3%
FAYETTE CO., KY 1972 17.7 280 102.1% 103.4X 102.6% . 99.5% 99.0% 96.5% . 93.2% 92.3% 89.9% 81.6X -21.1%
JEFFERSON CO., KY 1975 20.5 375 98.6% 95.6X 89.7% . 75.5% 72.2% 68.9% . 64.1% 60.1% 56.1% 54.2% -43.3%
NEW CASTLE CO., DE1978 23.5 429 95.6% 88.2% 82.2% . 65.4% 60.3% 55.3% 51.5% 51.7% 52.3% 53.8% -39.0%
NASHVILLE, TN 1971 24.3 527 102.2% 104.4% 103.0% 88.3% 85.3% 82.9% . 77.2% 74.6% 72.0% 61.2% -41.4X
MECKLENBURG CO.,NC1970 29.5 530 100.0% 102.7X 104.3% . 96.2% 94.0% 91.0% . 88.9% 88.7X 86.3% 76.4% -25.6%
AVERAGE 1974 21.1 439 99.6% 98.5% 96.0% 84.5% 81.3% 77.8% 73.1% 71.3% 69.2% 63.9% -38.3%
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AVERAGE 5.8 101.0% 102.0% 101.5% 101.0% 105.1% 109.2% 105.2% 101.2% 100.7% 100.3% 101.0% 89.1% -12.7X
SMALL DISTRICTS >35X MINORITY-MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT PLANS
BOSTON, MA 1974 40.4 46 95.8% 92.6% 86.4% 72.5% 60.4% 52.4% 49.3% 45.5% 39.1% 38.2% 31.4% 25.2% -72.8%
STOCKTON, CA 1975 43.2 46 96.8% 91.7% 87.0% 75.0% 66.9% 62.2% 54.2% 51.1% 45.9% 45.2% 42.3% 41.0% -55.4%
DAYTON, OH 1976 47.9 34 91.0% 85.4% 80.4% 66.3% 62.4% 57.1% 53.5% 50.3% 4B.4X 46.1% 43.7X 39.0% -54.4%
AVERAGE 1975 43.8 42 94.5% 89.9% 84.6X 71.3% 63.2% 57.2% 52.3% 49.0% 44.5% 43.2% 39.1% 35.0% -65.2%
LARGE DISTRICTS >35X MINORITY-MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT PLANS
E.BATON ROUGE, LA 1981 40.4 459 95.8% 95.2% 86.9% 79.74 67.5% 67.1% 62.2% 66.2% 62.6% 61.8% 61.0% 64.0% -32.7%
DALLAS, TX 1971 40.6 351 100.0% 98.6% 96.4X 87.6% 79.9% 68.0% 60.9% 54.1% 49.5% 46.0% 34.2% -65.3%
CHATHAM CO., GA 1970 41.1 455 99.2% 98.4% 97.6% B89.8X 76.4% v 62.2% 60.1% 58.9% 59.9% 56.4% 51.8% -47.4%
MOBILE CO.,AL 1970 41.7 1240 100.0% 98.8% 95.7% 86.8% 79.8% ‘ 79.1% 78.4% 78.3% 81.6X 83.1% 82.0% -17.1%
CADDO PARISH, LA 1970 43.9 899 104.5% 109.0% 102.8% 87.7% 85.7% . 77.4% 77.3% 76.1% 74.9% 72.3% 64.8% -40.5%
MONTGOMERY CO., AL1976 48.1 790 96.9% 92.4% 93.3% 94.1% 88.6% 86.0% 81.4% 81.2% 74.9% 74.4% 74.4% -19.5%
LOS ANGELES, CA 1978 63.5 710 95.4X 87.1% 77.2% 65.5% 58.0% . 47.8% 47.4% 45.1% 44.0% 42.5% 35.3% -59.4%
AVERAGE 1974 45.6 701 98.8% 97.1% 92.8% 84.5% 76.6% 69.0% 67.4% 65.2% 63.8% 62.2% 58.1% -51.0%
>35X MIN. - NO DESEG. PLANS
AVERAGE "1974 60.4 90.9% 94.5% 91.5% 86.0% 84.3% 77.6% 72.5% 69.5% 66.4% 63.9% 54.4% -42.4%