Years after inadequate state funding was found to have been impacting outcomes in eight high-need small-city school districts, the question of whether New York has done enough to fix the problem was before the state Supreme Court Tuesday.
At issue now is a relatively small piece of a years-long puzzle over how New York funds its schools — and how the state can meet its constitutional obligations while accounting for the evolving and often complex challenges facing of high-need districts. Known as the Maisto case, the plaintiffs include city school districts in Jamestown, Kingston, Mount Vernon, Newburgh, Niagara Falls, Port Jervis,
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