California students, districts sue over budget cuts
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A coalition of students, school districts and education groups is suing to force California to change the way it funds schools.
Robles-Wong et al. vs. State of California asks the court to declare the current school finance system unconstitutional because the state doesn't provide enough money to meet its own educational requirements.
The complaint was filed Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court by more than 60 students, nine school districts and groups representing school boards, administrators and parent-teacher associations. Folsom Cordova Unified School District as well as the California School Boards Association and California