Lawsuit could force Nev. to alter education funding
By Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal
A nationwide education trend might be coming to Nevada, but it’s not necessarily one that overseers of the public school system will welcome.
Nevada could soon join the ranks of states that have been sued over the way they fund public education. Education activist groups and other parties already have filed such court challenges in 45 states, and several public school advocates active in Nevada have indicated they are considering such a step.
The lawsuits essentially allege that state lawmakers aren’t meeting their responsibility to provide an equal education for all students as required by each state’s constitution. A majority of the challenges have been successful in getting courts to force legislative changes that pump more money into education and often change how the funding is distributed.
