New+Jersey+Supreme+Court+Finds+Education+Cuts+Unconstitutional

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= New Jersey's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the state to spend more on low-income school districts despite Gov. Chris Christie's education budget cuts. =



=The Democratic-controlled Legislature has just over five weeks to figure out how to reallocate $500 million in the state budget to be in accord with the court's 3-2 decision to subsidize New Jersey's lowest-income schools. The court has consistently ruled that New Jersey must do more to meet the state constitution's requirement that all children receive a "thorough and efficient" education. =

="The harm being visited is not some minor infringement of the constitutional right but a real, substantial, and consequential blow to the achievement of a thorough and efficient system of education to the plaintiff pupils of the Abbott districts," Justice Jaynee LaVecchia wrote in the majority opinion. =

=NJ Education Reform Proposals For Teachers Blocked, State Sees Education Funding Increase= =Chris Christie Rebuked by New Jersey Supreme Court Over School Funding= =NJ gov. says He Will heed court order to boost school aid=

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= This may set a precedent that we have to follow if our Republican legislators refuse to abide by the constitution and fund our schools efficiently just as New Jersey lawmakers tried to do in our neighboring state. = = = =News= =home=