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Education

Cave Creek Unified School District et al. v. State of Arizona

Thu, 11/18/2010

The state is once again refusing to adequately fund education and by doing so, is in violation of its own laws.  This time, the state has failed to update the school funding formula by using all of the inflation adjustments required by Proposition 301, a referendum approved by a majority of Arizona voters.

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Rumery et al. v. Dean Martin et al.

Mon, 10/11/2010

The legislature is taking away yet more funding from public education and Arizona's school children. In 2009, the legislature passed a bill funneling state trust land proceeds, which formerly went straight to fund education, into administrative costs.  The Center is hot in pursuit to put these dollars back where they belong.

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Sierra Vista Unified School District et al. v. State of Arizona

Mon, 10/11/2010

This longtime Center case is yet another example of the Center's mission to defend public education. Although the Center won a 1994 victory requiring the state to adequately fund school buildings and facilities, the legislature still refuses to do so. The Center is comitted to force the state to provide the funding needed for a proper education. 

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Flores v. Horne et al.

Thu, 09/09/2010

The Center is waiting for a ruling in Flores, a nearly twenty year-old case in which the state continues to refuse equal educational access to a large percentage of Arizona's schoolchildren.

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