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An 8 page paper. This class action lawsuit was filed in 2000 on behalf of the more than one million poor students in the state. New Governor Schwarzenegger directed staff to settle the case without further litigation. The allegations are summarized. The major points of the settlement are outlined. The writer then comments on the settlement and outlines what steps should be taken to assure an adequate education for every student in the state. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Practicing educators know the settlement will change very little. To back up. A class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all poor students attending poor public schools a
number of years ago. The original lawsuit alleged numerous deficits in the public school of students, including poorly ventilated classrooms and bathrooms, lack of sufficient number of toilets, a lack
of textbooks and other educational and learning materials, deplorable conditions that included infestation of rodents and bugs, lack of heat in the cold months and lack of air conditioning in
the hot months, unsanitary bathroom conditions, classrooms so crowded students sat on desks, shortened school years, unqualified or minimally qualified teachers, classrooms lacking a permanently-assigned teacher, lack of access to
facilities, such as libraries, and a long list of other conditions not conducive to learning (Superior Court Of The State Of California, 2000). The class action lawsuit incorporated all
children who attended "poor schools" with a specific number of students being uncountable but exceeding 31,000 (Superior Court Of The State Of California, 2000). The number of students affected was
subsequently estimated to be one million (Asimov, 2004). The lawsuit did not go to trial, instead, it was settled (Schwarzenegger.com, 2004). The settlement, announced on August 13, 2004 included:
$138 million for the provision of "standards-aligned instructional materials in all core subject areas: math, English/language arts, science and history/social studies for schools in the lowest deciles" (Schwarzenegger.com, 2004) along
with $50 million to implement the program (Schwarzenegger.com, 2004). Another $800 million is to be provided by the state to repair facilities in the future (Schwarzenegger.com, 2004). Other aspects of
the settlement include: * Phasing out shortened school years that the most crowded schools use (Schwarzenegger.com, 2004). * Guaranteeing schools will provide standards-aligned instructional materials to students no later than
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