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KANSAS LEGISLATURE SHORTCHANGES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ISSUE MOVES TO SUPREME COURT
Published on: April 24, 2019
The Kansas Legislature has appropriated only a quarter of its funding target for public education, prompting another review by the Kansas Supreme Court to determine compliance in the Gannon v. State school funding lawsuit.
ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO TEACHER DUE PROCESS GOES DOWN
Published on: March 25, 2019
A Minnesota appeals court recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to strike down provisions of the state's teacher tenure laws in another setback to the legal effort to undermine teacher due process.
BALTIMORE PARENTS MOVE TO RE-OPEN SCHOOL FUNDING LAWSUIT
Published on: March 12, 2019
Plaintiffs in a long-running Maryland school funding lawsuit filed a petition to re-open the case in the face of persistent and severe State underfunding of the Baltimore City schools.
SHARPLY DIVIDED FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULES BROAD SCHOOL FUNDING CLAIM NOT JUSTICIABLE
Published on: January 14, 2019
A sharply divided Florida Supreme Court recently rejected a broad challenge to the State's failure to fulfill its obligations under the state constitution's education article.
DELAWARE SCHOOL FUNDING CASE CAN PROCEED TO TRIAL, COURT RULES
Published on: December 3, 2018
In a groundbreaking decision, a Delaware judge ruled that the state constitution guarantees a meaningful education that enables all students to achieve State academic standards.
CHARTER BACKERS LOSE IN CONNECTICUT FEDERAL COURT
Published on: October 8, 2018
California-based Students Matter has lost it's Connecticut lawsuit seeking a federal constitutional right to attend a charter school.
LEANDRO COURT PROCESS UNDERWAY TO REMEDY NORTH CAROLINA'S INADEQUATE SCHOOL FUNDING
Published on: September 28, 2018
After years of stalled progress, a process is now underway in North Carolina aimed at moving the State to fulfill its constitutional duty to adequately fund public education.
ARIZONA: JUST SAY NO TO UNLIMITED SCHOOL VOUCHERS!
Published on: September 27, 2018
Arizona voters have the opportunity to show their state's lawmakers - and the entire nation - that they support their public schools by voting NO on Proposition 305.