New York – Mother To Appeal Her Case On Vouchers

New York – An appellate court is going to receive an appeal from a mother of five who says city schools have shortchanged her children — and who wants, as a remedy, the money to send them to a private school.

Dianne Payne, who sued on behalf of her two youngest children, will have her lawyer Eric Grannis, submit an appeal to the state Supreme Court’s appellate division in the First Departmentis to appeal a trial court’s rejection of her claim that until the New York City schools see the money won in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit last fall, she should be able to send her children to private schools using public money.
Ms. Payne, says that until that money is in the hands of New York City educators her children are not receiving the adequate education guaranteed to them in the state constitution. “Being allocated and being received are two entirely different issues,” Ms. Payne, a retired corrections officer, said. “How long are we going to wait?”

If successful, the suit could force a school voucher system of the sort that has been implemented in other jurisdictions but not so far in New York. [NY Sun]