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Increasing Number of Legal Actions Challenge
Constitutionality of Budget Cuts
As states continue to reduce school
aid, plaintiffs have begun to develop an
array of legal arguments aimed at preserving
educational resources in legal actions filed
recently in various parts of the country.
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| Advocacy
Organizations in California File Second
School Funding Lawsuit
Seeking to counter the impact of a state
fiscal crisis that so far has resulted in
over 16,000 teacher layoffs and cuts to
core academic programs, a coalition of advocacy
groups together with a number of parents
and students, filed a second
education adequacy case against the State
of California and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
earlier this week.
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Advocates Skeptical of Rhode Island’s
New School Funding Formula; Woonsocket
Plaintiffs to Continue with Litigation
Rhode Island has shed its reputation as
the country’s only state to operate
without an education funding formula, but
advocates for equal educational opportunity
remain skeptical.
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Supreme Court Refuses to
Hear Appeal in NCLB Case
School District of the City of Pontiac
v. Duncan, the National Education Association
(NEA)-led legal challenge to the federal
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, reached
its denouement early last month.
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| ACLU
Report Advocates for Financing a $2.8 Billion
Facilities Plan in Baltimore
Last
month the ACLU of Maryland Education Reform
Project issued a
report demonstrating the importance
of adequate school facilities and the need
for increased funding for the Baltimore
City public schools to renovate deficient
school buildings.
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