In November of 2014, six school districts, four parents, and two statewide organizations initiated a lawsuit against former Governor Tom Wolf, state education officials, and legislative Republican leaders, asking the court to rule that the General Assembly enact a new way to pay for public education, a system the legislature has struggled with in the past.
In an order handed down one month ago, Tuesday, February 7th, Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohen Jubelirer said that the General Assembly failed to uphold its constitutional obligation to provide all children a ”thorough and efficient” education system by depriving students in school districts with low property values and incomes of the same resources and opportunities of their wealthier counterparts.
“It’s now the obligation of the legislature, executive branch, and educators to make the constitutional promise a reality in this commonwealth, Cohn Jubelirer wrote in a nearly 800-page ruling.
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