schoolfunding

August 23, 2016

S.CAROLINA PLAINTIFFS REJECT LEGISLATURE’S COMPLIANCE REPORT

In November 2014, the S. Carolina Supreme Court held that the state’s education finance system violated the state constitution. Abbeville v. the State of South Carolina, […]
August 23, 2016

CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR MAJOR ADEQUACY CASES

California’s highest court yesterday declined to review the decisions of two lower courts that had ruled that although education is a “fundamental right” under the state […]
August 23, 2016

CALIFORNIA COURT ALSO REFUSES TO HEAR VERGARA APPEAL

By  a similar 4-3 vote, with the same three justices dissenting ( Chin, Lui and Cuellar), the California Supreme Court also decided yesterday not to hear […]
August 23, 2016

W.VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARDS SUE STATE OVER FUNDING MISCALCULATIONS

Last September, West Virginia’s Legislative Auditor’s Office issued a report alleging that the West Virginia Department of Education had been miscalculating school system appropriations for seven […]