Campaign for Fiscal Equity
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The Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) is a New York-based not-for-profit organization pursued a series of lawsuits against the State of New York. The lawsuit, filed CFE v. State of New York, made claim that New York State has been denying its students a "sound basic education." According to a 1982 New York State Court of Appeals decision in filed Levittown v. Nyquist, all New York students are entitled to a "sound basic education".
CFE v. State of New York began on October 12, 1999 in New York Supreme Court, and concluded on July 27, 2000. On January 10, 2001, Judge Leland DeGrasse, the presiding judge, ruled in favor of CFE. The ruling was re-affirmed by the Court of Appeals on May 8, 2003, and the State was given a deadline of July 30, 2004 to submit a plan mapping out how the State intends to comply with the October '99 ruling. The State failed to meet this deadline, and three court-appointed arbiters were tasked with submitting a compliance plan of their own, due on November 30, 2004. These recommendations were accepted by the court on February 14, 2005. The recommendations ruled that New York City was due an additional $15 billion in additional State funding. The State of New York has yet to comply with the CFE v. State of New York ruling. On the week of March 20-24, 2006 the New York State Appellate division affirmed a lower court ruling requiring the state to fund New york City's public schools.
- See also: Education in New York City
