Time to throw money at the problem

12-14-2011

Blog by David B. Cohen/InterACT

It’s a well-worn phrase: you can’t just throw money at the problem. Well, what if the problem is a serious lack of money? Essentially, that’s the issue playing out in the Colorado court system. The most recent developments were reported by the Denver Post: [“]In a ruling that could have profound consequences for Colorado’s budget, a Denver judge Friday said the state’s school-funding system is not “thorough and uniform” as mandated by the state constitution. The state’s school-funding system “is not rationally related to the mandate to establish and maintain a thorough and uniform system of free public schools,” District Judge Sheila Rappaport said in a 183-page ruling in which she called the system “unconscionable.” “It is also apparent that increased funding will be required,” Rappaport wrote. The case, Lobato vs. State of Colorado, was filed in 2005.[”] (more...)

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