Mo. Teachers Vow To File Suit To Fight Proposed Aid Cuts
Missouri teachers' groups have announced that they will file suit to block Gov. John Ashcroft's proposal to cut $35 million from state education aid to fund new court-ordered expenditures for desegregation of the Kansas City schools.
The Missouri N.E.A. late last week formally submitted court papers challenging the constitutionality of the Governor's plans, and leaders of the Missouri State Teachers Association have indicated they will launch a similar effort.
The teachers' groups' actions are the indirect result of a decision handed down this summer by Federal District Judge Russell Clark, who ordered the state to pay an additional $71 million in desegregation...
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