By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, July 20, 2007 at 6:19 PM
The Special Administrative Board (SAB) of St. Louis Public Schools voted unanimously last night to affirm its support of two ongoing legal fights against the State of Missouri for more education dollars. Labels: Schools
Board member Richard Gaines said it was Board of Education President Peter Downs who asked him to bring to the SAB's attention the importance of the district's lawsuit against the state for violating the terms of the Desegregation Agreement by failing to fully fund the educational funding formula for many years. According to St. Louis Public Schools, the state owes the district tens of millions of dollars, which has largely contributed to the district's current financial problems. Coincidentally, the district's financial problems was one of the reasons cited by the State Board of Education for taking over the district.
The second case involves more that 200 school districts across Missouri also suing the state for failing to fully fund the education funding formula.
The board approved the motion 3-0.
3 Comments:
Regarding the lawsuits--if I'm not mistaken, SLPS already lost its suit against the state alleging that the state failed to make payments due. And I think SLPS spent more than $1 with Brostron's firm prosecuting the suit. Are they appealing the court's ruling now?
7/20/2007 7:57 PM
Correction to above: That's $1 million.
7/20/2007 7:58 PM
This is a pleasant surprise that Blunt's person and Slay's person are willing to try to get more money for the district.
7/22/2007 5:48 PM
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