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Ga. Districts to Refile Finance Suit

By Linda Jacobson — September 22, 2008 1 min read
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A coalition of low-wealth school districts in Georgia has withdrawn its finance lawsuit against the state, just weeks before a trial was set to begin, because the case was transferred to a new judge. The previous judge had been presiding over the case for three years. Joseph G. Martin Jr., the executive director of the Consortium for Adequate School Funding, said in a press release the group plans to refile the case in another state court.

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A version of this article appeared in the September 24, 2008 edition of Education Week

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