Press Release: Landmark Lawsuit Challenges California’s “Backwards” School Facilities System That Punishes Poor Districts
Today Public Advocates, a civil rights law firm, and pro bono counsel Morrison Foerster, filed a landmark constitutional challenge on behalf of students, families, and educators against the State of California for operating a discriminatory school facility funding system that forces children in low-wealth districts to learn in buildings with toxic mold, leaky classrooms, failing HVAC systems and dangerous playgrounds while wealthy districts are funded to build state-of-the-art facilities.