I guess my ass has a brain after all. See an excerpt from Abbott below. Note use of Census data. Maybe we have 10 years from when it was put into place.
The Abbott District came about in the Abbott v. Burke Decision on May 14, 1997. What this court decision did was to give additional state funding to poor urban districts so that their per-pupil expenditures became equivalent to the average per-pupil expenditures of the wealthy suburban districts. A major determining factor in the classification of Abbott districts was the "District Factor Groups" (DFG). DFG classifications are based on US Census data and are revised every 10 years. The Department Of Education uses DFG data to analyze the relationship between student achievement and the socioeconomic status of the communities in which they reside. (New Jersey Department of Education, 2004). { See Statistical Information} Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/