Brown v New York: Charter School Funding Challenged in Court

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In September 2014, five Western New York families, with children attending charter schools in Buffalo and Rochester, filed a lawsuit with the help of the Northeast Charter Schools Network (NECSN). The lawsuit, Brown v. New York, challenges the constitutionality of the funding scheme used by the State to allocate money to charter schools.

These brave charter school parents argue  the state funding formula  results in their children receiving only 60 to 75 cents on every dollar and no facilities funding denies them access to a sound basic education, as required by the New York State Constitution.

Additionally, as 90% of students attending charter schools are students of color, and theNew York Charter Schools Act directly targets populations that tend to be overwhelmingly comprised of minorities, the Plaintiffs also allege that the funding scheme has a disproportionate and discriminatory impact on minority students.