Litigation News
Alabama
October 21, 2011: Alabama Judge Dismisses Lawsuit on Property-Tax System
March 28, 2011: Legal Updates: New Hampshire, California, Kansas, and Alabama
May 8, 2008: New Cases Filed in Iowa and Alabama Raise Innovative Adequacy and Equity Theories
May 31, 2002: Alabama Supreme Court Dismisses Funding Case It Previously Affirmed
January 12, 2002: Alabama Supreme Court Will Review 1993 Decision It Previously Affirmed
October 20, 2011: Long Standing Alaska Facilities Case Finally Settled
September 29, 2008: Adequacy Trial in Alaska: The Remedy Phase
September 14, 2007: Litigation Update: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Alaska and Others
July 3, 2007: Litigation Update: Constitution Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in AK, Suit Dropped in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
October 13, 2006: Adequacy Trial Begins in Alaska, Oral Arguments in New York, Preliminary Hearing in Georgia
August 30, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma
March 1, 2006: Litigation Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other States
August 22, 2005: Alaska School Funding Lawsuit Moves Forward
August 11. 2004: Alaska Parents, Advocates, Educators File School Funding Lawsuit Against the State
March 30, 2004: Disabled Students in Alaska Sue State over High School Exit Exam
May 2, 2013: State Asks Arizona Supreme Court to OverturnSchool Funding Decision
February 11, 2013: Arizona Appeals Court Says State Education Funds Must Account for Inflation
September 15, 2009: Charter Advocates Challenge School Finance Systems in Arizona and North Carolina
April 9, 2009: Major ELL Funding Case Goes to U.S. Supreme Court
May 17, 2007: Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arizona Courts End School Funding Cases
April 5, 2007: Court Finds Arizona Under-Funds ELLs; Litigation in Missouri and Kentucky
December 12, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho
August 30, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma
February 28, 2006: Court-Ordered Fines Reach $20 Million in Arizona
December 30, 2005: Sanctions Against Arizona for Inaction on ELL Funding, Court Suspends High Stakes Tests for Students Denied Opportunity
January 28, 2005: Federal Court Orders More Funding for ELL Students in Arizona
December 14, 2004: Litigation Update: South Carolina, Missouri, and Arizona
September 26, 2003: Arizona School Funding Cases Move Forward
August 26, 2003: Arizona Intermediate Court Upholds Diversion of State’s School Facilities Funds
April 15, 2003: Arizona Court Denies State Petition for Appeal in “At-Risk” Case
October 29, 2002: Arizona Judge Orders State to Return Money Diverted from School Facilities
December 19, 2012: Arkansas Supreme Court Issues Controversial Equity/Adequacy Ruling
December 5, 2011: Adequacy Compliance Issue Raised in Arkansas Appeal
July 3, 2007: Litigation Update: Constitution Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in AK, Suit Dropped in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
December 12, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho
April 13, 2006: Arkansas Increases Funding After Court Rules
December 16, 2005: Arkansas Supreme Court Declares Funding System Unconstitutional
October 7, 2005: Special Masters Urge State to “Regain the High Ground” in Arkansas
April 21, 2005: Litigation Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
May 27, 2004: School Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other News
April 7, 2004: Special Masters Report on Compliance in Arkansas, Offer Favorable Views on Early Childhood Education and Consolidation
March 30, 2004: Trials, Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
February 13, 2004: Flurry of Legislative Activity in Arkansas After Court Names Special Masters
January 26, 2004: Arkansas Supreme Court To Use Special Master in School Funding Case
November 21, 2002: Arkansas Supreme Court Declares School Funding System Unconstitutional; State Must Prepare Adequacy Study and “Chart a New Course for Public Education”
January 31, 2002: Arkansas Public Interest Groups File Amicus Brief in Education Finance Case
May 2, 2013: California Advocates Claim Lack of Services to English Learners
January 17, 2013: Appeal Briefs Filed in California Adequacy Case
April 16, 2012: California County Sued for Misapplying School Property Taxes
March 26, 2012: California Court Rejects State’s Motion in Schools Fees Case
December 15, 2011: L.A. School District Sues to Save Bus Funding
December 5, 2011: California Fees Case Returns to Court
October 20, 2011: New Constitutional Challenge To Budget Cuts In California
August 2, 2011: California Court Rejects Innovative Equal Protection Theory
April 29, 2011: Legal Updates: California Plaintiffs Pursue Innovative Equal Protection Claim
March 28, 2011: Legal Updates: New Hampshire, California, Kansas, and Alamba
February 3, 2011: California Court Allows Broadly Framed Equity Claims to Continue; Status of Adequacy Allegations Remains Unclear
December 17, 2010: Litigation Round-Up: California, Indiana, Kansas, New Jersey, South Dakota and Washington
October 21, 2010: Federal Appeals Panel Holds that Alternative Certification Teacher Interns are not “Highly Qualified”
October 21, 2010: L.A. Settlement Partially Sets Aside Layoff Rules
September 20, 2010: ACLU Sues State of California for Charging Student Fees
July 14, 2010: Advocacy Organizations in California File Second School Funding Lawsuit
May 21, 2010: Two New Education Adequacy Cases in California
April 1, 2010: Layoffs, Education Cuts Serve as Impetus for New Lawsuits Filed in California and Indiana
August 1, 2009: 9th Circuit Rules that Plaintiffs in Renee Lack Standing
August 30, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma
June 16, 2005: California School Districts Sue State over NCLB Testing
February 28, 2005: California Visit by Michael Rebell to Discuss Litigation and the National Adequacy Movement
August 26, 2004: California Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Cases
February 2, 2004: Update on Californians for Justice and ACORN Lawsuit For “Highly Qualified” Teachers
December 12, 2003: California School Funding System Inequitable, Inadequate and Incomprehensible
November 14, 2003: California Advocates Mount Statewide Campaign; School Funding Litigation and Costing Out Process Underway
May 13, 2003: California Says Low-Income Students Will Be Harmed by Having Same Educational Benefits as Middle-Class Students
January 26, 2003: Californians for Justice and ACORN File Suit For “Highly Qualified” Teachers
October 17, 2002: Williams Plaintiffs Release Experts’ Reports
May 29, 2013: Colorado Supreme Court Reverses Adequacy Ruling
February 11, 2013: Colorado Lawmakers Consider Reforms to SchoolFunding Formula
October 4, 2012: Appeals Briefs Filed in Colorado Adequacy Case
December 15, 2011: Colorado Judge Issues Important Adequacy Ruling
August 2, 2011: Fiscal Pressures Cannot Justify Inadequate Education, Colorado Court Rules
October 19, 2009: Colorado Supreme Court Holds that Adequacy Claims are Justiciable
July 7, 2005: Colorado Parents and School Districts File Adequacy Lawsuit
March 15, 2013: Parties in Connecticut School Funding Litigation File Briefs with the Court
April 1, 2010: Connecticut Supreme Court Holds that the State Constitution Guarantees Students the Right to an Adequate Education
January 14, 2008: Connecticut Plaintiffs File Appeal
November 29, 2005: Connecticut Plaintiffs File School Funding Lawsuit
April 6, 2005: Connecticut Will Sue U.S. Over NCLB Cost
August 26, 2004: California Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Cases
May 2, 2003: Sheff v. O’Neill Settlement in Jeopardy
January 22, 2003: Hartford Desegregation Case, Sheff v. O’Neill, Settles
October 4, 2012: Florida Supreme Court Allows School Funding Case to Proceed to Trial
December 5, 2011: Major Adequacy Issue to Be Decided by Florida Supreme Court
September 21, 2011: Adequacy Case Argued Before Florida Appeals Court
September 20, 2010: Florida Education Adequacy Case Withstands Motion to Dismiss
December 1, 2009: Two Florida Lawsuits Seek to Enforce New Constitutional Provisions
March 31, 2008: ACLU Tests New Adequacy Theory in Florida Case
July 27, 2004: Legal Actions Counter Cuts to Funding in Florida and Maryland
August 29, 2008: State’s Motion Denied in Georgia
October 13, 2006: Adequacy Trial Begins in Alaska, Oral Arguments in New York, Preliminary Hearing in Georgia
January 5, 2006: Georgia Supreme Court Rules Adequacy Case Must Be Heard
October 31, 2005: Georgia Court Rules Adequacy Lawsuit Must Be Heard
September 30, 2004: Adequacy Lawsuit Seeks Better Future for Georgia
October 4, 2012: Idaho Lawsuit Challenges School Fees
December 12, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho
December 21, 2005: Idaho Supreme Court Declares State Funding System Unconstitutional and Retains Jurisdiction
August 30, 2004: Idaho Supreme Court Thwarts Legislature’s Attempt to End School Funding Suit
October 30, 2003: “For Sale” Sign on Rural Idaho
November 21, 2002: Idaho Judge Appoints Special Master in School Facilities Funding Case
April 1, 2010: Legal Updates: Illinois, North Carolina
August 29, 2008: Major New Case Filed in Illinois
December 17, 2010: Hamilton County Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss in Hamilton Southeastern Schools, et al. v Daniels
April 1, 2010: Layoffs, Education Cuts Serve as Impetus for New Lawsuits Filed in California and Indiana
May 8, 2008: Plaintiffs Prevail in Two Important New Decisions
February 21, 2007: Litigation Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky, Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
August 30, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma
April 20, 2006: Indiana Plaintiffs File Adequacy Lawsuit
May 8, 2008: New Cases Filed in Iowa and Alabama Raise Innovative Adequacy and Equity Theories
May 27, 2004: School Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other News
December 5, 2002: Iowa Suit Seeks Equitable and Adequate School Funding
March 15, 2013: Kansas Supreme Court Orders Mediation in School Funding
January 17, 2013: Kansas Court Holds School Funding Cuts Unconstitutional
November 26, 2012: Kansas Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging Local Education Funding Cap
April 16, 2012: Kansas House Rejects Proposed Constitutional Amendment
March 28, 2011: Legal Update: New Hampshire, California, Kansas, and Alabama
December 17, 2010: Two New Adequacy Lawsuits Brought Against State
February 19, 2010: Kansas Plaintiffs Challenge Constitutionality of Budget Cuts; State Supreme Court Refuses to Re-open Montoy School Finance Case
July 31, 2006: Kansas Supreme Court: Legislature Has Complied With Montoy Orders
June 27, 2006: Litigation Update: Compliance in Kansas and Montana, Decision in New Jersey, Appeal in New York
July 7, 2005: Kansas Legislature Complies with Supreme Court Ruling, Increasing School Funding by $148.4 Million
June 16, 2005: Kansas Supreme Court Orders Major Funding Increase
May 13, 2005: Kansas Plaintiffs Challenge State Remedy in Supreme Court
April 21, 2005: Litigation Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
January 5, 2005: Plaintiff Victory in Kansas: State must Increase Funding, System must be Cost-based and Equitable
October 14, 2004: Litigation Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
August 26, 2004: California Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Cases
May 14, 2004: No Action in Kansas, Court Says State Must Be Held Accountable
March 30, 2004: Trials, Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
December 2, 2003: Kansas Trial Court Declares Funding System Unconstitutional; Court Relies on Costing-Out Study and Says “Money Matters”
October 14, 2003: Trial Ending in Kansas School Funding Adequacy Case
September 29, 2003: Kansas School Funding Trial Underway in Montoy v. State
February 5, 2003: Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiffs’ School Funding Claims and Remands Case
July 11, 2002: Tenth Circuit Decision in Kansas Favors Plaintiffs’ Disparate Impact Claims
July 3, 2007: Litigation Update: Constitution Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in AK, Suit Dropped in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
April 5, 2007: Court Finds Arizona Under-Funds ELLs; Litigation in Missouri and Kentucky
February 21, 2007: Litigation Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky, Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
March 1, 2006: Litigation Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other States
February 23, 2004: Kentucky Court Denies Motion to Dismiss; School Funding Suits Consolidated
December 11, 2003: Prichard Committee Supports Kentucky’s Adequacy Lawsuit
September 29, 2003: A Second School Funding Suit Filed in Kentucky
August 7, 2003: Adequacy Lawsuits Planned in at Least Four States
January 17, 2003: School Funding Suit Filed in Kentucky
January 8, 2004: Louisiana School Funding Lawsuit Filed and Constitutional Amendment Urged
April 21, 2005: Litigation Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
March 15, 2005: Litigation Update: Appeal in Maryland and Proceedings in North Carolina
August 30, 2004: Maryland Court Orders Better Funding for City Schools, State Will Appeal
July 27, 2004: Legal Actions Counter Cuts to Funding in Florida and Maryland
July 12, 2002: Maryland Court Retains Jurisdiction in Adequacy Case
October 21, 2010: OCR Settlement with Boston Schools Promises Major Improvements in ELL Programming
February 27, 2005: Hancock v. Driscoll Case Concludes in Massachusetts
November 29, 2004: Successful Desegregation Plan Struck Down
October 14, 2004: Litigation Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
May 27, 2004: School Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other News
April 28, 2004: Plaintiff Victory in Massachusetts: Court Addresses Cost Studies, Preschool and Accountability
March 30, 2004: Trials, Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
October 21, 2003: Plaintiff Witnesses Attest to Inadequate Resources; Massachusetts School Funding Trial Set to Resume
June 15, 2003: Massachusetts Hancock v. Driscoll Adequacy Trial Underway
December 3, 2002: Federal Judge in Massachusetts Declines to Hear MCAS Case But Retains Jurisdiction on Some Issues
September 24, 2002: MCAS Lawsuit Filed
July 25, 2012: Michigan Lawsuit Hones in on Failure to Teach Reading
September 4, 2012: Missouri Court Declares School Transfer Law Unconstitutional
May 11, 2012: Missouri Court Invalidates Unfunded School Transfer Plan
September 2, 2009: Missouri Supreme Court Denies Adequacy Claim
September 14, 2007: Plaintiffs Disappointed by Missouri Trial Court Ruling
April 5, 2007: Court Finds Arizona Under-Funds ELLs; Litigation in Missouri and Kentucky
February 21, 2007: Litigation Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky, Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
January 11, 2007: Late Defendant-Intervenors Fail to Stop Missouri Trial
March 1, 2006: Litigation Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other States
December 14, 2004: Litigation Update: South Carolina, Missouri, and Arizona
January 9, 2004: Missouri School Districts File Equity and Adequacy Lawsuit
August 7, 2003: Adequacy Lawsuits Planned in at Least Four States
April 15, 2012: Settlement Reached in Montana Funding Dispute
December 5, 2011: Montana Coalition Seeks Court Order on Mandated Funding
December 18, 2008: Legal Updates: Montana, New Hampshire, and New Jersey
May 8, 2008: Plaintiffs Prevail in Two Important New Decisions
June 27, 2006: Litigation Update: Compliance in Kansas and Montana, Decision in New Jersey, Appeal in New York
March 25, 2005: Montana Supreme Court Orders New Funding System Based on “Educationally Relevant Factors”
November 10, 2004: Plaintiff Victory in Montana, “In the Public Interest,” Court Issues Order in Time for Legislative Session
October 14, 2004: Litigation Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
May 27, 2004: School Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other News
April 21, 2004: Plaintiff Victory in Montana; Funding System Must Be Based on Educationally Relevant Costs
March 30, 2004: Trials, Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
April 7, 2003: Montana Quality Education Coalition Gains Strength
January 23, 2003: School Funding Adequacy Trial Begins in Montana
September 5, 2002: Montana Suit Seeks Adequate, Cost-Based School Funding Formula
May 17, 2007: Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arizona Courts End School Funding Cases
February 21, 2007: Litigation Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky, Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
October 20, 2005: Nebraska Court Dismisses “Adequacy” Case, Plaintiffs Will Appeal
April 21, 2005: Litigation Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
August 31, 2004: Nebraska Rural Schools File “Adequacy” Suit
May 27, 2004: School Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other News
July 2, 2003: Nebraska Schools Trust Files School Funding Adequacy Lawsuit
August 7, 2003: Adequacy Lawsuits Planned in at Least Four States
March 28, 2011: Legal Update: New Hampshire, California, Kansas, and Alamaba
April 1, 2010: Changes in Teacher Pension Systems Face Legal Scrutiny
December 18, 2008: Legal Updates: Montana, New Hampshire, and New Jersey
September 14, 2007: Litigation Update: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Alaska and Others
July 3, 2007: Litigation Update: Constitution Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in AK, Suit Dropped in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
September 14, 2006: New Hampshire Supreme Court Requires State to Define an Adequate Education
March 13, 2006: New Hampshire Court Declares Funding System Unconstitutional
April 15, 2002: New Hampshire Court Says State Must Hold School Districts Accountable
January 9, 2002: New Hampshire Supreme Court Hears Claremont Argument
September 5, 2001: New Hampshire School-Funding Case Back in Court
October 20, 2011: Rural Districts in New Jersey Fight Budget Cuts
March 28, 2011: N.J. Judge Rules Budget Cuts Deny Students Thorough and Efficient Education
February 3, 2011: New Jersey Supreme Court Remands for an Evidentiary Hearing Abbott Plaintiffs’ Challenge to State Aid Cuts
December 17, 2010: Oral Argument Scheduled for Abbott v. Burke
April 1, 2010: Changes in Teacher Pension Systems Face Legal Scrutiny
April 9, 2009: New Jersey Judge Recommends New Path for Old Litigation
December 18, 2008: Legal Updates: Montana, New Hampshire, and New Jersey
April 1, 2008: New Jersey A.G. Moves to Terminate Long-Pending Abbott Litigation
May 1, 2007: Success and Better Funding Draw Voucher Lawsuit
June 27, 2006: Litigation Update: Compliance in Kansas and Montana, Decision in New Jersey, Appeal in New York
March 13, 2006: Closing Gaps in New Jersey’s Urban Districts
March 1, 2006: Litigation Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other States
August 23, 2005: Education Law Center Files Motion for School Construction Funding
November 15, 2004: New Jersey Supreme Court Orders Mediation in Ongoing Abbott Proceedings
March 30, 2004: Trials, Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
June 30, 2003: New Jersey Supreme Court Orders Mediated Agreement in Abbott
June 13, 2003: Nearly All Abbott Districts Appeal Department of Education Budget
April 30, 2003: New Jersey’s Abbott Parties Ordered into Mediation to Settle Latest Dispute
September 18, 2002: New Jersey Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to School Facilities Funding
June 22, 2002: One-Year “Relaxation” of Remedies in New Jersey
February 21, 2002: New Jersey High Court Reaffirms Ruling to Improve Abbott Preschools
February 19, 2002: NJ Governor Announces New Collaborative Approach to Implementing Court-Ordered Urban School Reforms
September 25, 2001: New Jersey’s Abbott Case Goes Back to Court
May 11, 2006: New Mexico Plaintiffs Claim State is Backtracking on Capital Funding
March 15, 2013: Court Stops New York from Denying NYC Kids $260 Million
March 15, 2013: New York State Teachers Union Files Lawsuit to Overturn State Property Tax Cap
February 11, 2013: NYC Parents Challenge $250 Million Penalty for Teacher Evaluation Impasse
May 21, 2010: Education Organizations Sue NY Governor for Withholding School Aid
February 21, 2007: New York Governor Spitzer Proposes Major Education Policy and Funding Reforms
November 20, 2006: New York Court Orders Historic $1.93 Billion Additional Funding in CFE Ruling
October 13, 2006: Adequacy Trial Begins in Alaska, Oral Arguments in New York, Preliminary Hearing in Georgia
August 30, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma
June 27, 2006: Litigation Update: Compliance in Kansas and Montana, Decision in New Jersey, Appeal in New York
March 31, 2006: $11.2 Billion for New York City Facilities after Court Ruling
April 21, 2005: Litigation Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
March 24, 2005: Campaign for Fiscal Equity Releases Schools for New York’s Future Bill
February 14, 2005: New York Court Affirms Special Masters’ Recommendations for More Funding
November 30, 2004: Special Masters Recommend Billions for New York Schools in CFE v. State
August 26, 2004: California Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Cases
June 27, 2003: Major Plaintiff Victory in CFE v. State: Court Affirms that Money Matters, State Must Undertake Need-Based Costing Out
May 12, 2003: New York’s Highest Court Considers Other State Court Rulings During Oral Argument in Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) v. State
December 3, 2002: After Negotiations Fail, CFE Appeal Proceeds
September 19, 2002: New York Governor Changes His Position on Eighth-Grade Standard As Appeal Proceeds
January 2002: NY Appeals’ Court Affirms Right to Sound Basic Education but Rejects Rochester Students’ Claims
September 4, 2012: N.C. Court of Appeals Upholds Mandate on Pre-K for At-Risk Children
September 21, 2011: North Carolina Court Re-asserts Order to Provide Free Pre-K Program
August 2, 2011: Judge in North Carolina Invalidates Budget Cut Legislation
April 1, 2010: Legal Updates: Illinois, North Carolina
October 22, 2009: Leandro Judge Calls Hearing on Recession’s Impact on Adequacy
September 21, 2009: Charter Advocates Challenge School Finance Systems in Arizona and North Carolina
April 21, 2005: Litigation Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
March 15, 2005: Litigation Update: Appeal in Maryland and Proceedings in North Carolina
August 13, 2004: North Carolina Plaintiffs Win Major Victory,
Supreme Court Affirms Order Holding State Accountable
September 12, 2003: North Carolina Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Hoke County v. State
March 31, 2003: North Carolina Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Leandro Appeal, Bypassing Intermediate Court
August 20, 2002: North Carolina Court Orders State to Specify How It Will Help “At-Risk” Students
May 3, 2002: North Carolina’s Governor Seeks Expedited Appeal and No Stay in Leandro
April 4, 2002: Major Victory for Schoolchildren in North Carolina Superior Court Ruling
March 1, 2006: Litigation Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other States
November 25, 2003: North Dakota Lawsuit Seeks Adequate and Equitable School Funding
August 7, 2003: Adequacy Lawsuits Planned in at Least Four States
April 6, 2005: Ohio Forum Discusses “Hard Bigotry of High Expectations and Low Resources”
August 28, 2003: Ohio’s DeRolph Plaintiffs Ask U.S. Supreme Court To Review the Latest Ohio Supreme Court Ruling
May 22, 2003: Ohio Supreme Court Turns Away Legal Challenge To School Finance System
March 5, 2003: Ohio Coalition that Brought DeRolph Goes Back to Court
March 21, 2002: Mediation Fails; DeRolph Case Returns to Ohio Supreme Court
December 11, 2002: Ohio Supreme Court Declares School Funding System Unconstitutional, in DeRolph V
September 6, 2001: Ohio Supreme Court Decision Attempts to Resolve School Funding Impasse
May 17, 2007: Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arizona Courts End School Funding Cases
February 21, 2007: Litigation Update: Missouri Plaintiffs Testify; Motions in Kentucky, Indiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
August 30, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma
January 31, 2006: School Funding Suit Filed Against State of Oklahoma
August 30, 2006: Litigation Update: Arizona, Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma
March 31, 2006: Oregon Plaintiffs File School Funding Lawsuit
September 4, 2012: PA’s Chester-Upland School District Reaches Settlement in School Funding Lawsuit
May 11, 2012: Trial Commences in PA On Creative Federal Funding Claims
April 16, 2012: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Plan to File Lawsuit Over State Education Funding Formula
August 26, 2004: California Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Cases
April 14, 2004: Civil Rights Complaint Filed against Philadelphia School District Over Teacher Imbalance
January 12, 2004: Reading School District Sues State of Pennsylvania Over No Child Left Behind Act
July 25, 2012: Plaintiffs Suffer Set-Back in Rhode Island Case
April 29, 2011: Legal Updates: Rhode Island Plaintiffs Attack New Funding Formula
July 14, 2010: Litigation Update: Advocates Skeptical of Rhode Island’s New School Funding Formula; Woonsocket Plaintiffs to Continue with Litigation
February 19, 2010: New Case Filed in Rhode Island
September 14, 2007: Litigation Update: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Alaska and Others
July 26, 2007: Will Plaintiffs Appeal South Carolina “Minimally Adequate” Decision?
December 29, 2005: South Carolina Court Orders Preschool through Third-Grade Interventions to Counter Poverty, Declares State Education Funding System Unconstitutional
April 21, 2005: Litigation Update: Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland
April 14, 2005: “Corridor of Shame” Reveals Conditions in South Carolina Schools
March 15, 2005: Litigation Update: Appeal in Maryland and Proceedings in North Carolina
December 14, 2004: Litigation Update: South Carolina, Missouri, and Arizona
October 14, 2004: Litigation Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
March 30, 2004: Trials, Appeals, and Compliance Questions in South Carolina, New Jersey, Montana, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Arkansas
October 13, 2003: Plaintiff Witnesses Decry Conditions in South Carolina Schools Seeking Equal Opportunity 50 Years after Brown v. Board of Education
July 31, 2003: South Carolina Abbeville v. State Adequacy Trial Begins
September 21, 2011: South Dakota Supreme Court Rejects Adequacy Claim
December 17, 2010: Oral Arguments for 2006 School Funding Case Scheduled for January 2011
August 1, 2009: State Supreme Court: Districts Have Standing to Bring a Constitutional Challenge to Funding System
August 29, 2008: Trial About to Begin in South Dakota
June 26, 2006: South Dakota Schools, Students, and Parents Seek “Adequate and Quality Education” in State Court Action
October 9, 2002: Tennessee Supreme Court Reaffirms Its Holding: Constitution Requires Equal Educational Opportunity and Cost-Based Funding
February 11, 2013: Texas Court DeclaresSchool Funding System Unconstitutional
March 26, 2012: “Efficiency Intervenors” Seek to Join in Texas Litigation
January 18, 2012: Fourth Major Funding Suit Filed in Texas
December 15, 2011: Two More Texas Groups File Adequacy and Equity Law Suits
October 20, 2011: New Equity and Adequacy Suit Filed in Texas
September 21, 2011: Advocates Preparing New Equity Litigation in Texas
November 22, 2005: Texas Supreme Court Declares School Funding System Unconstitutional
June 15, 2005: Special Session Expected in Texas
December 14, 2004: Judge Declares Texas School Funding Inadequate and Unconstitutional
September 17, 2004: Rapid Ruling in Texas School Funding Lawsuit
May 27, 2004: School Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other News
May 30, 2003: Texas School Finance Case Sent Back to Trial Court
February 7, 2002: Texas School Funding Debate Raises Controversial Issues
May 29, 2003: Win-Win Compromise Appears to End Vermont’s Act 60 Wars
January 17, 2013: Washington Supreme Orders Legislature to Develop a “Concrete Plan” for “Ample” Education Funding
October 4, 2012: Washington Supreme Court Considers Supermajority Tax Issue
July 25, 2012: Washington Supreme Court Issues Order on Retention of Jurisdiction
March 26, 2012: State Asks Washington Supreme Court to Retain Jurisdiction in Adequacy Case
January 18, 2012: Washington Supreme Court Holds that State Is Not Adequately Funding Public Education
December 17, 2010: Challenge to State Special Education Funding Formula Rejected in Washington Supreme Court
February 19, 2010: Washington Court Issues Strong Adequacy Ruling
December 1, 2009: Washington Supreme Court Defines “Uniform System”
September 8, 2009: NEWS School Funding Case Begins in Washington
January 16, 2007: Second School Funding Lawsuit Filed in Washington
November 26, 2006: School Funding Adequacy and Equity Lawsuit Filed in Washington State
January 9, 2003: West Virginia Circuit Court Finds Revised School Funding System Constitutional
December 23, 2002: Groups Sue to Stop Consolidation as Budget Shortfalls Prompt New Calls for Mergers
March 1, 2006: Litigation Update: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Alaska, Other States
August 26, 2004: California Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Cases
May 27, 2004: School Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other News
School Segregation and Integration
June 29, 2007: Editorial: State Education Advocacy More Important than Ever as US Supreme Court Slams Door on Integration
November 3, 2006: Amicus Briefs Examine Benefits of School Integration
August 16, 2006: U.N. Criticizes Segregation in U.S. Schools; Supreme Court to Hear Cases Challenging Integration
December 17, 2010: Editorial: Litigation Strategies for Hard Times, Michael A. Rebell
July 14, 2010: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal in NCLB Case
October 16, 2009: Appellate Impasse on NCLB Funding
November 13, 2008: The Role of the Courts: An Editorial Comment
February 15, 2008: The Education Adequacy Movement – The Only Game in Town
January 14, 2008: Editorial: A Rekindled NCLB Suit Raises Concerns
October 26, 2007: Editorial: Adequacy Cases are Alive and Well
August 9, 2005: State Courts Rule That Education is Key to Our Future
April 27, 2005: ECS Covers the National Education Adequacy Movement
January 13, 2005: Five Plaintiff Wins in the Last Year, Busy 2005 for Courts and Legislatures
December 14, 2004: Litigation Update: South Carolina, Missouri, and Arizona
October 14, 2004: Litigation Update: Trial Proceeding in South Carolina, Oral Arguments in Massachusetts, Montana and Kansas
August 26, 2004: California Settles Williams School Funding Case; News in New York, Kansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Cases
June 29, 2004: Litigation Updates: Arkansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and New York
May 27, 2004: School Funding Cases in 25 States: Rulings in Nebraska and Wyoming, Trials Approaching in Iowa and Texas, Other News
May 13, 2004: Adequacy Movement Advancing the Promise of Brown
January 7, 2004: Fast Start to Busy Year for School Funding Litigations in 2004
November 3, 2003: Final Test: Peter Schrag’s Compelling New Analysis of the Education Adequacy Movement
March 3, 2003: Third Annual ACCESS Conference Focuses on Achieving Education Reform in Difficult Times
March 3, 2003: ACCESS Conference: More States Pair Adequacy Studies with Litigation
June 25, 2003: As Affirmative Action Dominates Higher Education News, K-12 Desegregation Orders Quietly Fall
