Bad bad news!

Do you remember the “Right to Read” lawsuit filed against Michigan State by the ACLU of Michigan back in July?

This basically was trying to address the fact that young people were seriously falling behind in reading level. Surely it’s a right to receive a quality education from your state?

Well, maybe it isn’t, according to a court ruling.

newpittsburghcourieronline.com reported

A 2-1 decision reversed an earlier circuit court ruling that there is a “broad compelling state interest in the provision of an education to all children.” The appellate court said the state has no constitutional requirement to ensure schoolchildren actually learn fundamental skills such as reading — but rather is obligated only to establish and finance a public education system, regardless of quality. Waving off decades of historic judicial impact on educational reform, the majority opinion also contends that “judges are not equipped to decide educational policy.”

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In a dissenting opinion, appellate court judge Douglas Shapiro accused the court of “abandonment of our essential judicial roles, that of enforcement of the rule of law even where the defendants are governmental entities, and of protecting the rights of all who live within Michigan’s borders, particularly those, like children, who do not have a voice in the political process.”

This could have terrible wide reaching implications as other states relinquish their responsibilities to educate their kids!

Read more here: http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2014/11/25/court-rules-michigan-has-no-responsibility-to-provide-quality-public-education/