- School administrators recognize and appreciate the efforts of
legislators to craft an updated education funding system to amply
provide a program of basic education for every K–12 student in the
state, in compliance with the state’s constitutional “paramount
duty.” Over the last several years, the Legislature has made great
strides in implementing and funding that new system, including
significant investments that have doubled K–12 appropriations
since the Supreme Court’s 2012 McCleary decision—but more work
is yet to be done.
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definition must explicitly state the professional responsibilities,
time, and effort required to provide the state’s statutory program
of basic education exce...