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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
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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