Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab)

Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab)

Harvard Law School

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School-Funding Court Decisions

Click on a state for education-finance litigation details, recent events, and useful resource links. Below this map, you will find an accessible list of the states and the details of their school-funding court decisions.

Legal right recognized and applied
Legal Right Recognized but Not Yet Applied
Legally Enforceable Right Denied
No Decision Yet on Existence of a Right

 

Legal Right Recognized and Applied

  • Alaska Case Pending
  • Arizona  
  • Arkansas
  • California Case Pending
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware  
  • Idaho
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky Case Pending
  • Maryland Case Pending
  • Massachusetts
  • Montana
  • New Hampshire Case Pending
  • New Jersey Case Pending
  • New Mexico Case Pending 
  • New York Case Pending
  • North Carolina  
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee Case Pending
  • Texas
  • Vermont
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wyoming  

Legal Right Recognized but Not Yet Applied

  • Colorado
  • Minnesota
  • North Dakota
  • South Dakota
  • Virginia
  • Wisconsin Case Pending 

Legally Enforecable Right Denied

  • Alabama
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Michigan
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Rhode Island

No Decision Yet on Existence of a Right

  • Hawaii
  • Iowa
  • Utah