Thursday, December 22, 2011
"Colo. School Funding Methods Ruled Unconstitutional"
This looks like a real "house of cards" problem.
I wonder how many other states operate in the same way...
I wonder how many other states operate in the same way...
The Denver Channel's Wayne Harrison recently reported this:
"DENVER -- A Denver judge ruled Friday that Colorado's education funding system is 'irrational and inadequate' and violates the state's constitution -- a decision that's a victory for school districts and parents who sued but hardly the end of a years-long debate.
'There is not one school district that is sufficiently funded,' Denver District Court Judge Sheila Rappaport said about the state's system in her ruling. 'This is an obvious hallmark of an irrational system.'"