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Seven years and counting
That’s how long it’s been since the McCleary family filed a lawsuit (along with lots of others) arguing that the Legislature was shortchanging the state’s public schoolchildren. Back in 2007, the McClearys’ youngest child was in second grade; now he’s in high school.
They won the case in 2012, but debate continues over how much funding is needed.