Upstate, Downstate: Schools Throughout New York Will Benefit from School Funding Reform

(Released March 12, 2001) A landmark State Supreme Court decision issued on January 10, 2001 could have an enormously positive impact on the quality of education for children across New York State. In his decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York (the “CFE decision”), acting in accordance with the direction of the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, Judge Leland DeGrasse affirmed the constitutional right of every child in New York State to receive a...

Upstate, Downstate: Western New York Schools Will Benefit from School Funding Reform

(Released March 12, 2001) A landmark State Supreme Court decision issued on January 10, 2001 could have an enormous positive impact on the quality of education for children across New York State. In his decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York (the “CFE decision”), Judge Leland DeGrasse affirmed the constitutional right of every child in New York State to receive a sound basic education, and ordered the New York State Legislature to establish a new state education...