Schools Matter: Parents and Schools Sue Texas and California

Schools Matter: Parents and Schools Sue Texas and California:

Parents and Schools Sue Texas and California

by Jim Horn

From the Education Law Center:

Schools and parents have taken the states of Texas and California to court, accusing them of violating their own state constitutions because they are not providing the basic level of education that the constitutions require.

Both states have slashed school funding, and both have created gaping holes in opportunity for children in many communities by enacting funding systems that favor wealthier school districts.

On Oct. 10, 2011, the Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition (TT&SFC) filed TT&SFC v. Scott, in state court. Two weeks earlier, on Sept. 28, the California School Boards Association