ELC, along with the Public Interest Law Center and our pro bono partner, filed our brief to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, continuing our legal challenge to the state's broken school funding system. The brief implores the court to recognize its clear duty to enforce the constitutional rights guaranteed to students to a "thorough and efficient system of public education" and to examine the deficiencies of a funding system whereby the ability of students to meet state academic standards has become a function of community wealth rather than a constitutional guarantee. The pleading underscores the wide and unreasonable disparities in school funding between high-wealth and low-wealth school districts that cannot be ignored but must be remedied in accordance with the state constitution's Equal Protection provisions.  

We are extremely grateful to the many individuals and organizations that filed amicus briefs to support the case, including constitutional law professors from the Rutgers University School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and the Temple University Beasley School of Law; parent and student groups; and education advocates both statewide and national.