Legal but Lousy: Lakewood Schools Pass Funding Test While Failing Students, Court Says

Legal but lousy: Lakewood schools pass funding test while failing students, court says

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the state’s school funding formula is constitutional, even though Lakewood public school students aren’t receiving the education they’re entitled to under state law.

Judges deny Lakewood parents’ challenge of NJ school funding formula

The ruling blames mismanagement and low taxes, but not the state's funding formula, for the massive budget shortfalls at Lakewood schools. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)A New Jersey appeals court rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s school funding formula on Monday, finding that other problems in the district prevent Lakewood public school students from receiving the “thorough and efficient” education guaranteed by the state…

JUST IN: Appeals Court Rules School Funding Formula Constitutional – But Acknowledges Lakewood Students Still Suffer

In a major decision handed down today, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that the state’s school funding formula (SFRA) is constitutional as applied to Lakewood — even as the judges admitted that Lakewood’s public school children continue to be deprived of the “thorough and efficient” education guaranteed by the state constitution. The lawsuit, brought […]