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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Suit accuses state of unequal school funding

Suit accuses state of unequal school funding

Suit accuses state of unequal school funding

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Thirty people, including 8-year-old Jessie Moore, below, representing low-income students gathered at the Alameda County Courthouse to announce the suit accusing the state of funding schools unfairly.
A coalition of grassroots groups and families filed a lawsuit against the state Monday seeking to have California's educational system declared unconstitutional for failing to adequately and equally fund schools.
The suit filed in Alameda Superior Court is the second lawsuit filed this year over what plaintiffs say is a broken public school system - one that leaves too many children with less than a fair shot at a good education.
Plaintiff attorneys say they want the court to require the Legislature and the governor to address unequal and inadequate conditions within the schools, disparate conditions that more often affect low-income and


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