Our Purpose
The Educational Inequity Organization focuses on spreading awareness on the unjust financial gap in funding in public schools in California. Property value within a city correlates with the amount of funding schools receive from the city. Subjective funding to schools based off of economic value in a city leads to limited educational resources for cities with less property value.
Local Control Funding Formula gives every district a base amount per student and then adds extra money for students who need more support, such as English learners, low income students, or foster youth. In theory, this formula is meant to close the gap between wealthier and lower income districts.
However, LCFF does not fully equate the funding that schools in higher income areas receive. Families in wealthier communities often donate to school foundations, PTAs, and booster clubs, allowing their schools to afford better facilities, updated technology, advanced courses, college counseling, arts programs, and extracurricular opportunities.
Limited accessibility of resources due to low overall funding affects college readiness and reinforces structural inequality and the cycle of poverty. Data has continually proven to show that insufficient funding does affect children's test scores and their admissions into schools. The EIO aims to legalize the equation of school funding for the equal public education California residents were promised.
Sources
Great Schools Organization
UC Admissions Source Schools
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/admissions-source-school