MI’s Snyder Looks to Supreme Court Guidance on Private School Funding
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has asked for the assistance of the state Supreme Court to decide whether the adopted state budget violates the constitution because of funding provisions to private schools. Lori Higgins writes for the Detroit Free Press that the budget would be funding as much as $ 2.5 million to pay back private schools […]
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Service Dogs in the Classroom
(Photo: AP) This fall, while students across the country are meeting new teachers and packing their school bags, the US Supreme Court will hear a case about the use of service dogs in the classroom. On Tuesday, June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will will decide if Ehlena Fry’s family can sue the 12-year-old’s […]
Texas Supreme Court Finds Education Funding Constitutional
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) After three decades, the Texas Supreme Court has unanimously agreed that the state’s school funding system is constitutional. The decision confirms Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) and Republican legislative leaders’ declarations that the schools system is progressing. The governor and lawmakers had also contended that the amount of funding given to schools […]
Kansas Supreme Court Gives State Education Funding Ultimatum
The Kansas Supreme Court has given the state until June 30 to create a better system for financing public schools, threatening a court-ordered shutdown before the beginning of the next school year if the state fails to meet its obligations. The court ruling claims that the Republican-controlled Legislature has not improved upon the inequities between poor […]
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Forced Union Fees Case
Although the US Supreme Court ruled in 1977 that state governments could force teachers in public schools to pay mandatory union fees whether they were members of the union or not, that ruling is being reevaluated. This, the Supreme Court heard arguments that proposed that the “agency shop arrangement,” or “fair share fee” justified in Abood v. […]