On the May 28 Amy Oliver Show, senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs professor Joshua Dunn break down the Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark Lobato ruling. By a 4-2 margin, the Court overturned a 2011 decision granting the plaintiffs’ request for an additional $1.35 to $4.15 billion a year to fund K-12 education, instead affirming that Colorado’s current School Finance Act meets basic constitutional requirements for a “thorough and uniform” education while preserving “local control” of instruction.
