High Court: School funding is constitutional
New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's new system for funding schools is constitutional. The ruling is the closest the court has come in 39 years of litigation to saying the state
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May 28, 2009, 5:07 PM
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New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's new system for funding schools is constitutional.
The ruling is the closest the court has come in 39 years of litigation to saying the state has found a way to provide a proper education for all children without special treatment for urban schools.
The court also ruled that New Jersey must continue to make some extra money available to 31 urban districts for at least three more years, and the system must be reviewed for fairness in three years.
The new funding system set up by the Corzine administration seeks to subsidize all schools based largely on how many low-income students they have.
AP wires contributed to this report.
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