Some state legislators are just wringing their hands and shrugging about the latest court decision in the latest school funding lawsuit. That may be enough, since Attorney General George Jepsen is appealing the decision, considering it judicial overreach, and may prevail at the state Supreme Court.
Other legislators express concern that, because of state government’s deteriorating finances, any extra state money for failing school systems will have to be taken from successful school systems, terminating the long-standing political consensus that it’s OK for state government to put zillions more into failing schools without accomplishing anything as long as appropriations are maintained at current levels for successful schools—the “hold harmless” policy.
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