{"id":2431,"date":"2013-01-06T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T19:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2020-09-12T17:11:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T21:11:28","slug":"10-states-face-education-funding-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/10-states-face-education-funding-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"10 States Face Education Funding Lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10 states, with another 4 more having recently wrapped up litigation, currently face lawsuits regarding increased funding for education.\u00a0 This phenomenon is not new.\u00a0 Lawsuits supported by pro-school funding organizations have been taking place for decades, although the economic recession of the last five years has reignited a long-standing debate about school funding.<\/p>\n<p>In 1973, the Supreme Court, then under the leadership of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, ruled that education is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution; therefore, education funding cannot be increased or guaranteed by the federal government.\u00a0 However, within that ruling, Marshall noted that there was no prohibition against this issue being taken up in the states and each of their state supreme courts.\u00a0 Since that time, only five states have not faced such lawsuits: Delaware, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah. This month, Texas, Kansas and Colorado face lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>Since each state has a \u201cprovision for education as a positive right\u201d, according to Molly Hunter, director of Education Justice at the Education Law Center, these lawsuits show no sign of stopping.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the confusion surrounding these lawsuits concerns the fact that some address the issue of \u201cequity\u201d while others address the issue of \u201cadequacy\u201d. At times, each argument for increased educational funding has achieved success in state supreme courts; however, Hunter argues that historically the \u201cequity\u201d argument\u2014that states are not spreading education funds proportionally\u2014has found more success.\u00a0 Moreover, Hunter argues that state supreme courts reviewing education funding lawsuits, even when those lawsuits argue in terms of \u201cadequacy\u201d, tend to still view these lawsuits through the lens of \u201cequity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The emphasis in recent years on higher standards, however, may bolster the \u201cadequacy\u201d argument.<\/p>\n<p>The other question that confuses the issue of lawsuits concerning education funding is that state supreme courts are restricted by diverse state laws concerning how state funds can be used.\u00a0 Some states, such Colorado, have forms of a \u201ctaxpayers\u2019 bill of rights\u201d which restrict funding, while others, such as Wyoming, have more consistently ruled in favor of increased funding, leading to an influx of teachers from around the country who are seeking higher salaries.\u00a0 Due to these diverse rules and the confused history of this issue, state supreme courts are also typically unwilling to specify any guidelines for the future regarding how education funding should be dispersed.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, many policy analysts, such as Dan Thatcher of the National Conference of State Legislatures, argue that even if pro-funding decisions are made, the vicissitudes of state budgets over time determine that \u201cthe status quo before the litigation eventually comes back into place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on this story, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2013\/01\/02\/4d9a7cca-544d-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html \">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2013\/01\/02\/4d9a7cca-544d-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 states, with another 4 more having recently wrapped up litigation, currently face lawsuits regarding increased funding for education.\u00a0 This phenomenon is not new.\u00a0 Lawsuits supported by pro-school funding organizations have been taking place for decades, although the economic recession of the last five years has reignited a long-standing debate about school funding. 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