Sentences with phrase «access to an adequate education»

In case lawmakers balk, a ballot initiative is in the works, as is a legal move involving a prominent Boston firm that has filed a class - action suit to lift the charter cap, arguing that it unconstitutionally denies children access to an adequate education.

The lawsuit seeks to invalidate tenure and dismissal laws on constitutional grounds protecting student's rights to equal access to an adequate education.

«Despite its order, the trial court correctly determined that the state far exceeds its minimum constitutional obligations for providing equitable access to adequate education,» Jepsen said.

While the U.S. Supreme Court has held that education is not a «fundamental interest» under the federal constitution, most state constitutions promise children access to an adequate education.

It's time for the state's leaders to justify to Connecticut parents why our education system limits the size and expansion of quality public schools, while thousands of students languish on waitlists with no access to an adequate education.

Over 40 years ago, California's Supreme Court recognized that a child's access to an adequate education — regardless of race, ethnicity or wealth — is a fundamental right of the highest order.

This case calls on state's leaders to justify to Connecticut parents why our education system limits the size and expansion of quality public schools, while thousands of students languish on waitlists with no access to an adequate education.