Sentences with phrase «school finance lawsuit brought»

The extent to which teachers experience dissimilar teaching conditions — and students experience very different learning conditions — has been made clear in the school finance lawsuits brought in many states, which describe in vivid terms the differences between rich and poor schools.

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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.