NEW LAWSUIT CHARGES MASSACHUSETTS WITH VIOLATING STUDENTS’ RIGHTS BY UNDERFUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS
By Wendy Lecker On June 13, a dozen parents in seven low-wealth Massachusetts school districts filed a lawsuit…
Kansas High Court to State: School Funding Formula Adequate, Now Fund It
By Wendy Lecker The Kansas Supreme Court has found the State’s most recent school funding formula to be…
KANSAS LEGISLATURE SHORTCHANGES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ISSUE MOVES TO SUPREME COURT
By Wendy Lecker The Kansas Legislature has appropriated only a quarter of its $363 million funding target for…
ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO TEACHER DUE PROCESS GOES DOWN
By Wendy Lecker On January 22, in another setback to the legal effort to undermine teacher due process…
BALTIMORE PARENTS MOVE TO RE-OPEN SCHOOL FUNDING LAWSUIT
By Wendy Lecker On March 7, 2019, the plaintiffs in a long-running Maryland school funding lawsuit, Bradford v….
SHARPLY DIVIDED FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULES BROAD SCHOOL FUNDING CLAIM NOT JUSTICIABLE
By Wendy Lecker and Jessica Levin On January 4, in a plurality opinion, a sharply divided Florida Supreme…
DELAWARE SCHOOL FUNDING CASE CAN PROCEED TO TRIAL, COURT RULES
By Wendy Lecker In a groundbreaking decision, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Court of Chancery ruled…
CHARTER BACKERS LOSE IN CONNECTICUT FEDERAL COURT
By Wendy Lecker A pro-charter group has lost its Connecticut lawsuit seeking a federal constitutional right to attend…
LEANDRO COURT PROCESS UNDERWAY TO REMEDY NORTH CAROLINA’S INADEQUATE SCHOOL FUNDING
By Wendy Lecker After years of stalled progress, a process is now underway in North Carolina aimed at…
ARIZONA: JUST SAY NO TO UNLIMITED SCHOOL VOUCHERS!
Arizona voters have the opportunity to show their state’s lawmakers – and the entire nation – that they…