Lobato 8/24: Garcia on the grill
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the Lobato case today did their best to spotlight what Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia doesn’t know about education in Colorado during two bouts of cross-examination lasting nearly two hours.
Garcia, the Hickenlooper’s lead person on education issues, was the first witness to testify for the defense in the Lobato v. State school funding lawsuit, now in its fourth week before Denver District Judge Sheila Rappaport.
The plaintiffs’ central claim in the case is that the state’s system of paying for schools doesn’t meet the constitutional requirements for a “thorough and uniform” system of schools.
The state’s defense is centered on the assertion that funding alone doesn’t ensure improved educational
