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Timar, Thomas – Peabody Journal of Education, 2005
In August 2000, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of school children against the state of California. The suit, Williams v. State of California, alleged that the state failed to exercise its constitutional obligation to provide equal access to education for all students in the state by allowing deficient…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Policy Analysis