Sentences with phrase «finance lawsuit against the state»

A lunchtime meeting between a Kansas Supreme Court justice and the president of the state Senate in which the ongoing school finance lawsuit against the state was discussed has prompted a request for an investigation by a judicial panel.

It's not unusual for school districts to band together to file an education finance lawsuit against their state government.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled late last month that due to extensive state control over school finances, California school districts are state agencies and deserve the same 11th Amendment immunity against federal lawsuits enjoyed by other branches of state government.

Dean Vogel, president of the state's other big teachers union, the California Teachers Association, called the lawsuit, which is financed by Students Matter, «an ideological red herring, financed by billionaires to pit parents against teachers.»

The lawsuit — which was filed in 2011 and became the longest legal battle over school finance in state history — was brought against the state after the Legislature cut $ 5.4 billion in public education funding from the state budget while schools were already struggling to implement new academic standards.

Lybarker considered how other states are dealing with lawsuit lenders, mentioning Colorado Attorney General John Suthers» so - far successful lawsuit against Oasis Legal Finance that seeks to treat the company as a traditional lender.

Meanwhile, in the Georgia federal court case brought as a class action against Oasis Legal Finance, Judge Dudley Bowen dismissed one element of the lawsuit, and two other counts remain to be decided - including whether Oasis violated the state's Payday Lending Act.