Lawsuit seeks to change state's method for funding schools
A lawsuit filed Thursday is asking the court to scrap California's current educational finance system on the grounds that it unconstitutional, unstable and failing to meet the needs of its students.
The case, Robles-Wong, et al. v. State of California, was filed in the Alameda County Superior Court. The suit includes more than 60 individual students and their families, nine school districts from throughout the state, the California School Boards Association, California State PTA, and the Association of California School Administrators.
According to a website created to explain the effort, the suit asks the court to compel the state to align its school finance system – its funding policies and mechanisms – with the educational program that the state has
The case, Robles-Wong, et al. v. State of California, was filed in the Alameda County Superior Court. The suit includes more than 60 individual students and their families, nine school districts from throughout the state, the California School Boards Association, California State PTA, and the Association of California School Administrators.
According to a website created to explain the effort, the suit asks the court to compel the state to align its school finance system – its funding policies and mechanisms – with the educational program that the state has
