Read by 4th Lunch & Learn – PA School Funding Lawsuit

In 2014, school districts, parents, and advocacy groups came together to file a lawsuit to argue that Pennsylvania’s process for funding schools, relying heavily on local taxes, is tantamount to discrimination. In a landmark decision, a judge ruled in February 2023 that the school funding system is unconstitutional.

Join Read by 4th and one of the attorneys who led this lawsuit, Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg of the Public Interest Law Center, to learn more about the case and what it means now for kids in Philadelphia and across the Commonwealth.

Read more about the case here.


ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg is a Senior Attorney at the Public Interest Law Center in Philadelphia. His practice focuses on education and housing issues. Dan was one of the attorneys who led the Law Center’s litigation team in Pennsylvania’s landmark school funding trial. He is a graduate of Macalester College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.