The Montana Supreme Court invalidated the state’s tuition tax credit on Wednesday ending a program that allowed taxpayers to fund scholarships for private schools, most of which are religious-based.
Read moreKansas lawmakers must find more funding for K-12 schools but have until June 2019 to do it, avoiding the risk of school closures, according to Monday’s state Supreme Court ruling.
Read moreAfter Kansas commissioned a study that found Kansas schools need up to $2 billion more in funding, the Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday pressed state lawmakers on why they only increased education funding by a fraction of that amount.
Read moreAfter a tumultuous spring for U.S. teachers — marked by strikes and rallies in half a dozen states for higher pay and more school funding — a study released Tuesday shows nearly all educators spend their own money on classroom supplies.
Read moreArizona teachers and school employees have voted overwhelmingly to walk out next week to demand increased education funding and better pay.
Read moreNew Mexico’s Public Education Department broke the law when it deducted payments to a school district in the Zuni Pueblo reservation that received federal impact aid, the state’s high court ruled.
Read moreKansas Gov. Sam Brownback, awaiting congressional confirmation for a diplomatic job, has given state lawmakers the sign that they’re on their own in Kansas’s long and unsuccessful struggle to fund its public schools adequately.
Read moreA month after Kansas lawmakers rolled back Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax cuts to help fund public education, the Kansas Supreme Court met Tuesday morning to determine if it was enough to meet every student’s needs.
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A New York City charter school can accept money from the city’s universal prekindergarten program without complying with its regulations, an intermediate appeals court found.
Read moreIn defiance of the state supreme court, Arizona has withheld billions of maintenance dollars from school districts, a coalition of school districts, the Arizona School Boards Association and others claim in court, unconstitutionally burdening taxpayers to pay for repairs.
Read moreA Cook County judge granted Illinois’ request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Chicago Board of Education accusing the state’s school funding system of racially discriminating against its students, but ruled the board could try again with an amended complaint.
Read moreDespite a six-year fight for “education equity,” the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Legislature’s temporary block grants are constitutionally inadequate, and the state has not yet established base-level funding for its public schools.
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