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Alabama
May 8, 2008: New
Cases Filed in Iowa and Alabama Raise Innovative Adequacy
and Equity Theories
May 31, 2002: Alabama
Supreme Court Dismisses Funding Case It Previously Affirmed
January
12, 2002: Alabama Supreme Court
Will Review 1993 Decision It Previously Affirmed
Alaska
September 29, 2008: Adequacy
Trial in Alaska: The Remedy Phase
September 14, 2007: Litigation
Update: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Alaska and Others
July 3, 2007: Litigation
Update: Constitution Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in
AK, Suit Dropped in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
October 13, 2006: Adequacy
Trial Begins in Alaska, Oral Arguments in New York,
Preliminary Hearing in Georgia
August 30, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York,
Oregon, Oklahoma
March 1, 2006: Litigation
Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other
States
August 22, 2005: Alaska
School Funding Lawsuit Moves Forward
August 11. 2004: Alaska
Parents, Advocates, Educators File School Funding Lawsuit
Against the State
March 30, 2004: Disabled
Students in Alaska Sue State over High School Exit Exam
Arizona
September 15, 2009: Charter
Advocates Challenge School Finance Systems in Arizona
and North Carolina
July 1, 2009: U.S.
SUPREME COURT REMANDS ARIZONA ELL FUNDING CASE FOR FURTHER
HEARINGS; REJECTS CLAIM THAT FEDERAL COURTS LACK AUTHORITY
TO ORDER STATE LEGISLATURES TO INCREASE EDUCATION FUNDING
April 9, 2009: Major
ELL Funding Case Goes to U.S. Supreme Court
May 17, 2007: Nebraska,
Oklahoma and Arizona Courts End School Funding Cases
April 5, 2007: Court
Finds Arizona Under-Funds ELLs; Litigation in Missouri
and Kentucky
December 12, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho
August 30, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York,
Oregon, Oklahoma
February 28, 2006: Court-Ordered
Fines Reach $20 Million in Arizona
December 30, 2005: Sanctions
Against Arizona for Inaction on ELL Funding, Court Suspends
High Stakes Tests for Students Denied Opportunity
January 28, 2005: Federal
Court Orders More Funding for ELL Students in Arizona
December 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: South Carolina, Missouri, and Arizona
September 26, 2003: Arizona
School Funding Cases Move Forward
August 26, 2003: Arizona
Intermediate Court Upholds Diversion of State's School Facilities Funds April
15, 2003: Arizona Court Denies State
Petition for Appeal in "At-Risk" Case October 29, 2002: Arizona
Judge Orders State to Return Money Diverted from School Facilities Arkansas
July 3, 2007: Litigation
Update: Constitution Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in
AK, Suit Dropped in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
December 12, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho
April 13, 2006: Arkansas
Increases Funding After Court Rules
December 16, 2005: Arkansas
Supreme Court Declares Funding System Unconstitutional
October 7, 2005: Special Masters Urge State to “Regain the High Ground” in Arkansas
July 1, 2005: Litigation
Update: Hearings in Georgia, Texas; Rulings in Massachusetts,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania; Supreme Court Reopens
Case in Arkansas
April 21, 2005: Litigation
Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
May 27, 2004: School
Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and
Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other
News
April 7, 2004: Special
Masters Report on Compliance in Arkansas, Offer Favorable
Views on Early Childhood Education and Consolidation
March 30, 2004: Trials,
Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts,
Kansas, and Arkansas February 13, 2004: Flurry
of Legislative Activity in Arkansas After Court Names Special Masters January
26, 2004: Arkansas Supreme Court
To Use Special Master in School Funding Case November 21, 2002: Arkansas
Supreme Court Declares School Funding System Unconstitutional; State Must Prepare
Adequacy Study and "Chart a New Course for Public Education" January
31, 2002: Arkansas Public Interest
Groups File Amicus Brief in Education Finance Case California
August 1, 2009: 9th
Circuit Rules that Plaintiffs in Renee Lack
Standing
August 30, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York,
Oregon, Oklahoma
June 16, 2005: California
School Districts Sue State over NCLB Testing
February 28, 2005: California
Visit by Michael Rebell to Discuss Litigation and the
National Adequacy Movement
August 26, 2004: California
Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in
New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Cases
February 2, 2004: Update
on Californians for Justice and ACORN Lawsuit For "Highly
Qualified" Teachers
December
12, 2003: California School Funding
System Inequitable, Inadequate and Incomprehensible November 14, 2003:
California Advocates Mount Statewide
Campaign; School Funding Litigation and Costing Out Process Underway May
13, 2003: California Says Low-Income
Students Will Be Harmed by Having Same Educational Benefits as Middle-Class Students January
26, 2003: Californians for Justice
and ACORN File Suit For "Highly Qualified" Teachers October
17, 2002: Williams
Plaintiffs Release Experts' Reports Colorado
October 19, 2009: Colorado
Supreme Court Holds that Adequacy Claims are Justiciable
July 7, 2005: Colorado
Parents and School Districts File Adequacy Lawsuit
Connecticut
January 14, 2008: Connecticut
Plaintiffs File Appeal
November 29, 2005: Connecticut Plaintiffs File School Funding Lawsuit
April 6, 2005: Connecticut
Will Sue U.S. Over NCLB Cost
August 26, 2004: California
Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in
New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Cases
May 2, 2003: Sheff
v. O'Neill
Settlement in Jeopardy
January 22, 2003: Hartford
Desegregation Case, Sheff v. O'Neill, Settles Delaware
Florida
December 1, 2009: Two
Florida Lawsuits Seek to Enforce New Constitutional
Provisions
March 31, 2008: ACLU
Tests New Adequacy Theory in Florida Case
July 27, 2004: Legal
Actions Counter Cuts to Funding in Florida and Maryland
Georgia
August 29, 2008: State's
Motion Denied in Georgia
October 13, 2006: Adequacy
Trial Begins in Alaska, Oral Arguments in New York,
Preliminary Hearing in Georgia
January 5, 2006: Georgia
Supreme Court Rules Adequacy Case Must Be Heard
October 31, 2005: Georgia Court Rules Adequacy Lawsuit Must Be Heard
July 1, 2005: Litigation
Update: Hearings in Georgia, Texas; Rulings in Massachusetts,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania; Supreme Court Reopens
Case in Arkansas
September 30, 2004: Adequacy
Lawsuit Seeks Better Future for Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
December 12, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho
December 21, 2005: Idaho
Supreme Court Declares State Funding System Unconstitutional
and Retains Jurisdiction
August 30, 2004: Idaho
Supreme Court Thwarts Legislature's Attempt to End School
Funding Suit
October
30, 2003: "For Sale" Sign
on Rural Idaho November 21, 2002: Idaho
Judge Appoints Special Master in School Facilities Funding Case
Illinois
August 29, 2008: Major
New Case Filed in Illinois
Indiana
May 8, 2008: Plaintiffs
Prevail in Two Important New Decisions
February 21, 2007: Litigation
Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky,
Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
August 30, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York,
Oregon, Oklahoma
April 20, 2006: Indiana
Plaintiffs File Adequacy Lawsuit
Iowa
May 8, 2008: New
Cases Filed in Iowa and Alabama Raise Innovative Adequacy
and Equity Theories
May 27, 2004: School
Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and
Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other
News
December 5, 2002: Iowa
Suit Seeks Equitable and Adequate School Funding
Kansas
July 31, 2006:
Kansas Supreme Court: Legislature Has Complied With
Montoy Orders
June 27, 2006: Litigation
Update: Compliance in Kansas and Montana, Decision in
New Jersey, Appeal in New York
July 7, 2005: Kansas
Legislature Complies with Supreme Court Ruling, Increasing
School Funding by $148.4 Million
June 16, 2005: Kansas Supreme Court Orders Major Funding
Increase
May 13, 2005: Kansas
Plaintiffs Challenge State Remedy in Supreme Court
April 21, 2005: Litigation
Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
January 5, 2005: Plaintiff
Victory in Kansas: State must Increase Funding, System
must be Cost-based and Equitable
October 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments
in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
August 26, 2004: California
Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in
New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Cases
May 14, 2004: No
Action in Kansas, Court Says State Must Be Held Accountable
March 30, 2004: Trials,
Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina,
New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
December
2, 2003: Kansas Trial Court Declares
Funding System Unconstitutional; Court Relies on Costing-Out Study and Says "Money
Matters" October 14, 2003: Trial
Ending in Kansas School Funding Adequacy Case September 29, 2003: Kansas
School Funding Trial Underway in Montoy v. State February 5,
2003: Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiffs'
School Funding Claims and Remands Case
July 11, 2002: Tenth
Circuit Decision in Kansas Favors Plaintiffs' Disparate
Impact Claims
Kentucky
July 3, 2007: Litigation
Update: Constitution Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in
AK, Suit Dropped in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
April 5, 2007: Court
Finds Arizona Under-Funds ELLs; Litigation in Missouri
and Kentucky
February 21, 2007: Litigation
Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky,
Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
March 1, 2006: Litigation
Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other
States
February 23, 2004: Kentucky
Court Denies Motion to Dismiss; School Funding Suits
Consolidated
December
11, 2003: Prichard Committee
Supports Kentucky's Adequacy Lawsuit September 29, 2003: A
Second School Funding Suit Filed in Kentucky
August 7, 2003: Adequacy
Lawsuits Planned in at Least Four States
January 17, 2003: School
Funding Suit Filed in Kentucky
Louisiana January
8, 2004: Louisiana School Funding Lawsuit
Filed and Constitutional Amendment Urged Maine
Maryland
July 1, 2005: Litigation
Update: Hearings in Georgia, Texas; Rulings in Massachusetts,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania; Supreme Court Reopens
Case in Arkansas
April 21, 2005: Litigation
Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
March 15, 2005: Litigation
Update: Appeal in Maryland and Proceedings in North
Carolina
August 30, 2004:
Maryland Court Orders Better Funding for City Schools,
State Will Appeal
July 27, 2004: Legal
Actions Counter Cuts to Funding in Florida and Maryland
July
12, 2002: Maryland Court Retains Jurisdiction
in Adequacy Case
Massachusetts
July 1, 2005: Litigation
Update: Hearings in Georgia, Texas; Rulings in Massachusetts,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania; Supreme Court Reopens
Case in Arkansas
February 27, 2005: Hancock
v. Driscoll
Case Concludes in Massachusetts
November 29, 2004: Successful
Desegregation Plan Struck Down
October 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments
in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
May 27, 2004: School
Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and
Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other
News
April 28, 2004: Plaintiff
Victory in Massachusetts: Court Addresses Cost Studies,
Preschool and Accountability
March 30, 2004: Trials,
Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina,
New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
October
21, 2003: Plaintiff Witnesses
Attest to Inadequate Resources; Massachusetts School Funding Trial Set to Resume
June 15, 2003: Massachusetts
Hancock v. Driscoll Adequacy Trial Underway December 3, 2002:
Federal Judge in Massachusetts Declines
to Hear MCAS Case But Retains Jurisdiction on Some Issues September
24, 2002: MCAS Lawsuit Filed Michigan Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
September 2, 2009: Missouri
Supreme Court Denies Adequacy Claim
September 14, 2007: Plaintiffs
Disappointed by Missouri Trial Court Ruling
April 5, 2007: Court
Finds Arizona Under-Funds ELLs; Litigation in Missouri
and Kentucky
February 21, 2007: Litigation
Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky,
Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
January 11, 2007: Late
Defendant-Intervenors Fail to Stop Missouri Trial
March 1, 2006: Litigation
Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other
States
December 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: South Carolina, Missouri, and Arizona
January 9, 2004: Missouri
School Districts File Equity and Adequacy Lawsuit
August 7, 2003: Adequacy
Lawsuits Planned in at Least Four States
Montana
December 18, 2008: Legal
Updates: Montana, New Hampshire, and New Jersey
May 8, 2008: Plaintiffs
Prevail in Two Important New Decisions
June 27, 2006: Litigation
Update: Compliance in Kansas and Montana, Decision in
New Jersey, Appeal in New York
March 25, 2005: Montana
Supreme Court Orders New Funding System Based on “Educationally
Relevant Factors”
November 10, 2004: Plaintiff
Victory in Montana, “In the Public Interest,”
Court Issues Order in Time for Legislative Session
October 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments
in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
May 27, 2004: School
Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and
Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other
News
April 21, 2004: Plaintiff
Victory in Montana; Funding System Must Be Based on
Educationally Relevant Costs
March
30, 2004: Trials, Appeals, and Compliance
Questions in South Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas April
7, 2003: Montana Quality Education Coalition
Gains Strength January 23, 2003: School
Funding Adequacy Trial Begins in Montana September 5, 2002: Montana
Suit Seeks Adequate, Cost-Based School Funding Formula
Nebraska
May 17, 2007: Nebraska,
Oklahoma and Arizona Courts End School Funding Cases
February 21, 2007: Litigation
Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky,
Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
October 20, 2005: Nebraska
Court Dismisses “Adequacy” Case, Plaintiffs Will Appeal
April 21, 2005: Litigation
Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
August 31, 2004: Nebraska
Rural Schools File "Adequacy" Suit
May 27, 2004: School
Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and
Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other
News
July 2, 2003: Nebraska
Schools Trust Files School Funding Adequacy Lawsuit
August 7, 2003: Adequacy
Lawsuits Planned in at Least Four States
Nevada
New Hampshire
December 18, 2008: Legal
Updates: Montana, New Hampshire, and New Jersey
September 14, 2007: Litigation
Update: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Alaska and Others
July 3, 2007: Litigation
Update: Constitution Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in
AK, Suit Dropped in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
September 14, 2006: New
Hampshire Supreme Court Requires State to Define an
Adequate Education
March 13, 2006: New
Hampshire Court Declares Funding System Unconstitutional
April 15, 2002: New
Hampshire Court Says State Must Hold School Districts
Accountable
January
9, 2002: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Hears Claremont Argument
September 5, 2001: New
Hampshire School-Funding Case Back in Court
New Jersey
May 29, 2009: N.J.
Supreme Court Grants States’ Motion to End Abbott
Remedies; Holds that State Must Maintain Funding Levels
Despite Recession and Must Reconsider Cost Analysis
After Three Years
April 9, 2009: New
Jersey Judge Recommends New Path for Old Litigation
December 18, 2008: Legal
Updates: Montana, New Hampshire, and New Jersey
April 1, 2008: New
Jersey A.G. Moves to Terminate Long-Pending Abbott
Litigation
May 1, 2007: Success
and Better Funding Draw Voucher Lawsuit
June 27, 2006: Litigation
Update: Compliance in Kansas and Montana, Decision in
New Jersey, Appeal in New York
March 13, 2006: Closing
Gaps in New Jersey’s Urban Districts
March 1, 2006: Litigation
Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other
States
August 23, 2005: Education
Law Center Files Motion for School Construction Funding
November 15, 2004: New
Jersey Supreme Court Orders Mediation in Ongoing Abbott
Proceedings
March 30, 2004: Trials,
Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina,
New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
June 30, 2003: New
Jersey Supreme Court Orders Mediated Agreement in Abbott
June 13, 2003: Nearly
All Abbott Districts Appeal Department of Education
Budget
April 30, 2003: New
Jersey's Abbott Parties Ordered into Mediation
to Settle Latest Dispute
September
18, 2002: New Jersey Supreme Court
Rejects Challenge to School Facilities Funding June 22, 2002: One-Year
"Relaxation" of Remedies in New Jersey February 21, 2002: New
Jersey High Court Reaffirms Ruling to Improve Abbott Preschools February
19, 2002: NJ Governor Announces
New Collaborative Approach to Implementing Court-Ordered Urban School Reforms September
25, 2001: New Jersey's Abbott
Case Goes Back to Court
New Mexico
May 11, 2006: New
Mexico Plaintiffs Claim State is Backtracking on Capital
Funding
New York
February 21, 2007: New
York Governor Spitzer Proposes Major Education Policy
and Funding Reforms
November 20, 2006: New
York Court Orders Historic $1.93 Billion Additional
Funding in Final CFE Ruling
October 13, 2006: Adequacy
Trial Begins in Alaska, Oral Arguments in New York,
Preliminary Hearing in Georgia
August 30, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York,
Oregon, Oklahoma
June 27, 2006: Litigation
Update: Compliance in Kansas and Montana, Decision in
New Jersey, Appeal in New York
March 31, 2006: $11.2
Billion for New York City Facilities after Court Ruling
April 21, 2005: Litigation
Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
March 24, 2005: Campaign
for Fiscal Equity Releases Schools for New York’s
Future Bill
February 14, 2005: New
York Court Affirms Special Masters’ Recommendations
for More Funding
November 30, 2004: Special
Masters Recommend Billions for New York Schools in CFE
v. State
August 26, 2004: California
Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in
New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Cases
June 27, 2003: Major
Plaintiff Victory in CFE v. State: Court Affirms
that Money Matters, State Must Undertake Need-Based
Costing Out
May 12, 2003: New
York's Highest Court Considers Other State Court Rulings
During Oral Argument in Campaign for Fiscal Equity
(CFE) v. State
December 3, 2002: After
Negotiations Fail, CFE Appeal Proceeds September 19, 2002: New
York Governor Changes His Position on Eighth-Grade Standard As Appeal Proceeds June
25, 2002: Intermediate Court Holds
Eighth-Grade Education Adequate Under New York State Constitution: Appeal Will
Be Taken To State's Highest Court January 2002: NY
Appeals' Court Affirms Right to Sound Basic Education but Rejects Rochester Students'
Claims
North Carolina
October 22, 2009: Leandro
Judge Calls Hearing on Recession's Impact on Adequacy
September 21, 2009: Charter
Advocates Challenge School Finance Systems in Arizona
and North Carolina
April 21, 2005: Litigation
Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
March 15, 2005: Litigation
Update: Appeal in Maryland and Proceedings in North
Carolina
August 13, 2004: North
Carolina Plaintiffs Win Major Victory,
Supreme Court Affirms Order Holding State Accountable
September 12, 2003: North
Carolina Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Hoke
County v. State
March 31, 2003:
North Carolina Supreme Court Agrees
to Hear Leandro Appeal, Bypassing Intermediate Court August
20, 2002: North Carolina Court Orders
State to Specify How It Will Help "At-Risk" Students May 3, 2002: North
Carolina's Governor Seeks Expedited Appeal and No Stay in Leandro April
4, 2002: Major Victory for Schoolchildren
in North Carolina Superior Court Ruling North
Dakota
March 1, 2006: Litigation
Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other
States
November 25, 2003: North
Dakota Lawsuit Seeks Adequate and Equitable School Funding
August 7,
2003: Adequacy Lawsuits Planned
in at Least Four States
Ohio
April 6, 2005: Ohio
Forum Discusses “Hard Bigotry of High Expectations
and Low Resources”
August 28, 2003: Ohio's
DeRolph Plaintiffs Ask U.S. Supreme Court To
Review the Latest Ohio Supreme Court Ruling
May
22, 2003: Ohio Supreme Court Turns
Away Legal Challenge To School Finance System March 5, 2003: Ohio
Coalition that Brought DeRolph Goes Back to Court March 21, 2002:
Mediation Fails; DeRolph
Case Returns to Ohio Supreme Court December 11, 2002: Ohio
Supreme Court Declares School Funding System Unconstitutional, in DeRolph V
September 6, 2001: Ohio
Supreme Court Decision Attempts to Resolve School Funding Impasse
Oklahoma
May 17, 2007: Nebraska,
Oklahoma and Arizona Courts End School Funding Cases
February 21, 2007: Litigation
Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky,
Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
August 30, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York,
Oregon, Oklahoma
January 31, 2006: School
Funding Suit Filed Against State of Oklahoma
Oregon
August 30, 2006: Litigation
Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York,
Oregon, Oklahoma
March 31, 2006: Oregon
Plaintiffs File School Funding Lawsuit
Pennsylvania
July 1, 2005: Litigation
Update: Hearings in Georgia, Texas; Rulings in Massachusetts,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania; Supreme Court Reopens
Case in Arkansas
August 26, 2004: California
Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in
New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Cases
April 14, 2004: Civil
Rights Complaint Filed against Philadelphia School District
Over Teacher Imbalance
January
12, 2004: Reading School District
Sues State of Pennsylvania Over No Child Left Behind Act Rhode
Island
South Carolina
September 14, 2007: Litigation
Update: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Alaska and Others
July 26, 2007: Will
Plaintiffs Appeal South Carolina “Minimally Adequate”
Decision?
December 29, 2005: South
Carolina Court Orders Preschool through Third-Grade
Interventions to Counter Poverty, Declares State Education
Funding System Unconstitutional
April 21, 2005: Litigation
Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
April 14, 2005: “Corridor
of Shame” Reveals Conditions in South Carolina
Schools
March 15, 2005: Litigation
Update: Appeal in Maryland and Proceedings in North
Carolina
December 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: South Carolina, Missouri, and Arizona
October 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments
in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
March 30, 2004: Trials,
Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina,
New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
October 13, 2003: Plaintiff Witnesses
Decry Conditions in South Carolina Schools Seeking Equal Opportunity 50 Years
after Brown v. Board of Education July 31, 2003: South
Carolina Abbeville v. State Adequacy Trial Begins
South Dakota
August 1, 2009: State
Supreme Court: Districts Have Standing to Bring a Constitutional
Challenge to Funding System
August 29, 2008: Trial
About to Begin in South Dakota
June 26, 2006: South
Dakota Schools, Students, and Parents Seek “Adequate
and Quality Education” in State Court Action
Tennessee October 9, 2002:
Tennessee Supreme Court Reaffirms
Its Holding: Constitution Requires Equal Educational Opportunity and Cost-Based
Funding
Texas
November 22, 2005: Texas Supreme Court Declares School Funding System Unconstitutional
July 1, 2005: Litigation
Update: Hearings in Georgia, Texas; Rulings in Massachusetts,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania; Supreme Court Reopens
Case in Arkansas
June 15, 2005: Special Session Expected in
Texas
December 14, 2004: Judge
Declares Texas School Funding Inadequate and Unconstitutional
September 17, 2004: Rapid
Ruling in Texas School Funding Lawsuit
May 27, 2004: School
Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and
Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other
News
May 30, 2003: Texas
School Finance Case Sent Back to Trial Court
February 7, 2002: Texas
School Funding Debate Raises Controversial Issues Utah Vermont May
29, 2003: Win-Win Compromise Appears
to End Vermont's Act 60 Wars Virginia
Washington
December 1, 2009: Washington
Supreme Court Defines “Uniform System”
September 8, 2009: NEWS
School Funding Case Begins in Washington
January 16, 2007: Second
School Funding Lawsuit Filed in Washington
November 26, 2006: School
Funding Adequacy and Equity Lawsuit Filed in Washington
State
West
Virginia January 9, 2003: West
Virginia Circuit Court Finds Revised School Funding System Constitutional December
23, 2002: Groups Sue to
Stop Consolidation as Budget Shortfalls Prompt New Calls for Mergers Wisconsin
Wyoming
March 1, 2006: Litigation
Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other
States
August 26, 2004: California
Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in
New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Cases
May 27, 2004: School
Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and
Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other
News
School
Segregation and Integration
June 29, 2007: Editorial:
State Education Advocacy More Important than Ever as
US Supreme Court Slams Door on Integration
November 3, 2006: Amicus
Briefs Examine Benefits of School Integration
August 16, 2006: U.N.
Criticizes Segregation in U.S. Schools; Supreme Court
to Hear Cases Challenging Integration
General Litigation News
October 16, 2009: Appellate
Impasse on NCLB Funding
November 13, 2008: The
Role of the Courts: An Editorial Comment
February 15, 2008: The
Education Adequacy Movement – The Only Game in
Town
January 14, 2008: Editorial:
A Rekindled NCLB Suit Raises Concerns
October 26, 2007: Editorial:
Adequacy Cases are Alive and Well
August 9, 2005: State
Courts Rule That Education is Key to Our Future
April 27, 2005: ECS
Covers the National Education Adequacy Movement
January 13, 2005: Five
Plaintiff Wins in the Last Year, Busy 2005 for Courts
and Legislatures
December 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: South Carolina, Missouri, and Arizona
October 14, 2004: Litigation
Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments
in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
August 26, 2004: California
Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in
New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Cases
June 29, 2004: Litigation
Updates: Arkansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska and New York
May 27, 2004: School
Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and
Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other
News
May 13, 2004: Adequacy
Movement Advancing the Promise of Brown
January 7, 2004: Fast
Start to Busy Year for School Funding Litigations in
2004
November 3, 2003: Final
Test: Peter Schrag's Compelling
New Analysis of the Education Adequacy Movement March 3, 2003: Third
Annual ACCESS Conference Focuses on Achieving Education Reform in Difficult Times March
3, 2003: ACCESS Conference: More
States Pair Adequacy Studies with Litigation June 25, 2003: As
Affirmative Action Dominates Higher Education News, K-12 Desegregation Orders
Quietly Fall
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