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Trial begins in lawsuit over school funding in Delaware

Posted on July 17, 2019

Originally published July 17, 2019 by Associated Press
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The Delaware Court of Chancery building
The Delaware Court of Chancery has jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters and causes in equity.

A Delaware judge is hearing testimony in a lawsuit alleging that officials are failing to provide adequate educational opportunities for disadvantaged students, partly because local school property tax collections are based on assessments that are decades old. The lawsuit says inadequate funding disadvantages tens of thousands of children from low-income families, children with disabilities and English Language Learners. 

Read the full story from Associated Press here.

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