The Fiscal Equity Suit to Increase State Aid to NYC Public Schools
January 21, 2000
About this forum
Mindy Stern (President, City Club of New York) summarizes CFE vs. New York State, a lawsuit against New York State filed by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc., a citizen advocacy group. Robert Jackson, (Chair, Board of Directors, Campaign for Fiscal Equity), a member of Community Board 6, gives an overview of the events that led to the formation of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, namely cuts in education for NYC public schools, despite being overcrowded and underperforming. Michael Rebell (Executive Director & Counsel, Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc.) gives more detail on the case itself and the arguments used to convince the courts that NY State was denying NYC students their constitutional right to equal education.
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