PLAINTIFFS ACCUSE TENNESSEE OFFICIALS OF VIOLATING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY
Nashville, TN – On August 31, 2015, the Shelby County Board of Education (SCBE) filed an educational opportunity…
WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT FINES STATE FOR NOT FAIRLY FUNDING ITS SCHOOLS
Olympia, Washington – In a unanimous ruling issued August 13, 2015, the Washington Supreme Court ordered the State…
AMICI URGE TEXAS SUPREME COURT TO AFFIRM STATE’S SCHOOL FUNDING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Austin, Texas – On August 11, 2015, several Texas organizations and the national Education Law Center (ELC) filed…
TENTH CIRCUIT BRUSHES ASIDE WEALTHY-PARENT ATTACK ON FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING
On June 1, 2015, in a lawsuit where plaintiffs from wealthy Kansas school districts tried to use the…
PLAINTIFFS ALLEGE SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM VIOLATES STATE CONSTITUTION
On March 24, 2015, seven county school districts filed a lawsuit in state court alleging that the Tennessee…
PENNSYLVANIA GROUPS URGE COURT TO HEAR SCHOOL FUNDING CASE
Seven statewide groups concerned with the growing education gap for Pennsylvania schoolchildren are urging the Commonwealth Court to…
STATE SUED FOR DEFYING VOTERS’ PROMISE TO COLORADO’S KIDS
Families, Teachers, and Districts Sue to Enforce Amendment 23’s Constitutional Requirement for Support for Education in Good Times…
State admits violating the education rights of Philadelphia school children
The following op ed by Education Law Center Executive Director David Sciarra appeared on the website of WHYY,…