A STUDENT-LED TEAM IS FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH……
THE…..KENTUCKY STUDENT VOICE TEAM…..SAYS THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMONWEALTH’S FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND EQUITABLE
EDUCATION TO KENTUCKY STUDENTS…..
THEY SAY KENTUCKY HAS NOT FULFILLED ITS OBILGATION UNDER THE “ROSE DECISION…..A 1989 KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT RULING THAT STUDENTS HAVE
THE RIGHT TO PROPERLY FUNDED SCHOOLING…..
THE GROUP SAY THE FUNDING DISPARITIES BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL DISTRICTS ARE EVEN MORE STARK AND SEVERE THAN “PRE-ROSE” LEVELS……
THE SUIT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS DECLINING LITERACY LEVELS….LACK OF CIVICS EDUAATION…..AND LIMITED ARTS DISPARITIES…..
