The Supreme Court order on the McCleary case did three things: (1) It unanimously rejected the State’s claim that the 2017 legislature satisfied the court orders in the McCleary case; it unanimously rejected the State’s claim that lawmakers cured their ongoing contempt of court; it unanimously rejected the State’s claim that sanctions should be lifted; and it unanimously rejected the State’s claim that the Court should relinquish jurisdiction and terminate the McCleary case.  (2) It unanimously ordered the State to provide the additional $1 billion of salary funding that the State, by its own admission, acknowledged would be required to fully fund the State’s new salary model for the 2018-2019 school year. [Read more] 

Superintendent Message - November 22, 2017