Post by Logan on Feb 5, 2016 19:37:41 GMT -6
Alliance for a Better Utah preparing to sue state over inadequate school funding
If Utah lawmakers won't increase school funding on their own, maybe the courts will make them.
That's the strategy behind an upcoming lawsuit by the Alliance for a Better Utah, which argues that state leaders have failed in their constitutional duty to adequately fund the public education system.
"If they're going to keep making excuses, then we're going to take action," said Chase Thomas, associate director of policy and advocacy for the progressive-leaning group.
Utah is one of only four states that has not faced litigation on the issue of school funding.
Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/3505262-155/alliance-for-a-better-utah-preparing
If Utah lawmakers won't increase school funding on their own, maybe the courts will make them.
That's the strategy behind an upcoming lawsuit by the Alliance for a Better Utah, which argues that state leaders have failed in their constitutional duty to adequately fund the public education system.
"If they're going to keep making excuses, then we're going to take action," said Chase Thomas, associate director of policy and advocacy for the progressive-leaning group.
Utah is one of only four states that has not faced litigation on the issue of school funding.
Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/3505262-155/alliance-for-a-better-utah-preparing