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Lawsuit: Education clause trumps TABOR
Written by Todd Engdahl on Mar 1st, 2010. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org
I know that many involved in the lawsuit are interested in doing so “for the children.” But an important observation from a local expert in school funding adequacy cases should give pause:
http://www.newsfirst5.com/news/suing-for-school-funding/
UCCS Political Science professor Joshua Dunn has written extensively on education funding lawsuits. He says they generally don’t work.
“If the plantiffs win and if they actually do manage to extract more resources out of the state legislature, and those are big if’s, it’s very doubtful that the money will lead to substantial changes in the quality of education,” Dunn said.
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