Litigation
Dec. 20, 2014
Taxpayers to foot bill to defend civil rights lawsuit against schools
A civil rights lawsuit on behalf of California students allegedly denied a quality education due to disruptive conditions in some high-poverty public schools will get a multimillion-dollar defense by taxpayers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A civil rights lawsuit on behalf of California students allegedly denied a quality education due to disruptive conditions in some high-poverty public schools will get a multimillion-dollar defense by taxpayers.
The plaintiffs said the money would be better spent on students.
State finance officials granted a $3.4 million funding request by the Department of Education to pay outside counsel $4...
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