LEGISLATURE MEETS SUPREME COURT DEADLINE AND EQUITABLE FUNDING DUTY IN KANSAS
ALLOW SCHOOLS TO OPEN IN THE FALL On June 27, 2016, four days prior to the Kansas Supreme…
LEGISLATURE CONTINUES TO VIOLATE KANSAS CONSTITUTION ON SCHOOL FUNDING
On May 27, the Kansas Supreme Court declared that the latest legislative changes to the state school funding…
APPEALS COURT AGREES WITH CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS, OVERTURNS VERGARA
Copycat Cases Pending in New York and Minnesota On April 14, the California Court of Appeal held that…
COLORADO EARNS AN “F” FOR ITS LACK OF EFFORT ON PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING
The National Report Card Highlights the Unfair Level and Distribution of School Aid in Colorado BOULDER, CO ?–…
ALABAMA FAILS TO PROVIDE FAIR FUNDING TO ITS SCHOOLS
March 16, 2016 MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama’s funding of public education gets mostly low marks in the recently…
KANSAS SUPREME COURT DECLARES STATE SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM UNCONSTITUTIONAL, SETS JUNE 30 DEADLINE
On February 11, in Gannon v. State, the Kansas Supreme Court affirmed a trial court ruling that the…
KANSAS COURTS AGAIN TACKLE SCHOOL FUNDING EQUITY
On November 6, 2015, the Kansas Supreme Court heard oral argument on the equity issues in the Gannon…
ONE OF THE NATION’S HIGHEST ACHIEVING STATES MAY GO HIGHER
Commission Calls for Better School Funding Formula in MA Massachusetts leads the nation in test scores and is…
AMICI URGE PA COURTS TO HEAR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CASE
State Says Courts Should not Hear the Evidence Harrisburg, PA – On September 18, 2015, several Pennsylvania organizations…
WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT FINDS CHARTER SCHOOL LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Olympia, WA – On September 4, 2015, in League of Women Voters of Washington v. State, the Washington…