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Judge in Robles-Wong case needs convincing
- 12-13-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Lawyers for education groups and low-income students say they are confident that, if given the chance, they would prove that California’s school funding system is irrational and insufficient and therefore that the state should be forced to redesign and fund it. But first, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Steven Brick must rule that the two lawsuits – Robles-Wong v California and Campaign for Quality Education v California – can go to trial. And during two hours of arguments on Friday, a sometimes skeptical Brick indicated that he needed to be convinced of the constitutional imperative to allow the lawsuits to proceed. A poorly funded K-12 school system is not by itself sufficient rationale, he implied. The critical hearing was on the state’s motion to dismiss the lawsuits brought by the California School Boards Assn., the Association of California School Administrators, the state PTA, and lawyers for some low-income students (Robles-Wong) and other minority and low-income families represented by Public Advocates (Campaign for Quality Education). (more...)
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