Sentences with phrase «substantially equal educational opportunity»

In a 4 - 3 decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled the state had an affirmative obligation to provide Connecticut's school children with a substantially equal educational opportunity and that this constitutionally guaranteed right encompasses the access to a public education, which is not substantially and materially impaired by racial and ethnic isolation.

«Every passing day denies these children their constitutional right to a substantially equal educational opportunity.

Connecticut was one of the first states in the country where the courts stepped in to say that a child's right to an education was so fundamental that state governments must act to ensure that school financing systems «provide a substantially equal educational opportunity.»