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ALL EIGHT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXAMINED VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIRMENT TO PROVIDE A SOUND EDUCATION TO THE AT-RISK STUDENT POPULATIONS (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Lynch, determined the plaintiffs established a violation of the constitutional requirement to provide a sound education to the at-risk student population in all of the school districts named in the action—Jamestown, Kingston, Mount Vernon, Newburgh, Niagara Falls, Port Jervis, Poughkeepsie, and Utica:

… [P]laintiffs in this case have demonstrated a … set of coalescing circumstances with respect to the at-risk student population in the subject school districts sufficient to establish a constitutional violation. Each of the subject school districts had a high percentage of at-risk students during the stipulated academic years — those who came from impoverished backgrounds, had disabilities, or whose primary language was one other than English. The compelling evidence demonstrated that, in order to place a sound basic education within the reach of such students, they require early interventions, more time on task and other supplemental programming, as well as support from adequate numbers of guidance counselors, social workers or other similar professionals. Despite these enhanced needs, the districts lacked a combined total of over $1.1 billion in funding … , necessitating further cuts to already diminished staff and essential services. Most unfortunately, the performance of the students in these districts suffered as a result. Working from the premise … that all children can succeed when given appropriate instructional, social and health services, we find — based upon the evidence of inadequate inputs, poor outputs and a causal connection to defendant’s school financing system — that plaintiffs have established a constitutional violation with respect to the at-risk student population in each of the subject school districts. Maisto v State of New York, 2021 NY Slip Op 03350, Third Dept 5-27-21

 

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