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Litigation News Update and Recent Articles Eight more districts joined the Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition in March: Hamilton ISD, Longview ISD, Priddy ISD, Presidio ISD, La Pryor ISD, Early ISD, Donna ISD and DeSoto ISD. With 408 districts, the Fairness Coalition now represents approximately 40% of the 1024 districts across the state!

If you haven't joined the Fairness Coalition, now is the time! Visit our home page and sign up. Remember to encourage your community to get involved by showing their support for public education and your school district's participation in the Fairness Coalition.

Community members can show their support by clicking the Join the Fight! logo on the bottom of the Equity Center homepage and signing up. Additionally, we've attached a sign-up sheet for you to circulate at Rotary, Lions Club, PTA, Chamber of Commerce, etc meetings to encourage individuals to get involved. Just e-mail the completed sign-in sheet to us and we'll register the supporters! Supporters will receive periodic updates from us on the progress of the school finance lawsuits.

Visit the web site often to stay updated on the latest school finance litigation news. Below is a running list of recent articles regarding the lawsuit.

As always, please let us know if we've missed any recent articles that covered your district or if you have questions.

Litigation Update

April 5, 2012

4/2/2012 Texas Insider Texas' School Funding Lawsuits Take 1st Step

3/29/2012 Texas Tribune/NY Times, Politics No need to hide the scary spreadsheet

3/29/2012 Killeen Daily Herald Legislative panel to review school funding

3/28/2012 San Antonio Express-News Judge eyes October school funding trial

3/28/2012

3/27/2012

3/6/2012

3/5/2012

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3/4/2012

2/29/2012

ABC13; Associated Press

Houston Chronicle

Longview News-Journal

Jefferson ISD Site

TexasISD.com

Texas A&M Commerce KETR

Amarillo Globe-News

The Texas Tribune

Report: schools lack financial accountability

Dewhurst using Enron math on school finance issue

Longview ISD joins court battle by unanimous vote

Litigation Update: 400th District Joins Coalition

Joshua ISD is 400th District to Join Coalition

Local school districts among growing finance lawsuit

Educators agree on equalizing school funding

A guide to the Texas school finance lawsuits