Public Advocates is partnering with impacted students, families, educators, and grassroots community organizations across the state to call for an equitable education bond this November to fund billions of dollars in unmet facility modernization needs in schools across the state. California students urgently need this school facility funding from the state to modernize outdated and unsafe facilities.
DOJ. Then DOT. Now the Department of Education. Public Advocates responds to the latest rollback of civil rights protections for students—and calls on California to act where Washington won't.
For 25+ years, property-wealthy districts have gotten more than double the per-student funding to fix their schools. A judge just said low-wealth families challenging that formula have "some reasonable probability" of winning at trial. Read more.
"You can't look in the eyes of these kids and make an argument that the facilities that so many of them are being educated in are appropriate."—Governor Newsom A state court just declined to freeze $3 billion in school modernization funds — letting California keep funding a construction formula a judge says raises "serious questions" about its constitutionality. In Lynwood, 60 classrooms leaked last year. In Parlier, the district found $90M in needs but secured just $14M. Trial could come as soon as March 2027. Until then, the inequity keeps compounding
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