Three New Mexico school districts are suing the state in order to gain more funding for students.
The school districts allege in their lawsuit that current student funding levels violate the state Constitution, which calls for a sufficient education for every child.
The state of New Mexico and the Public Education Department are named as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed Thursday in state District Court in Santa Fe.
The districts asking the state to change its funding formula so students who are learning English or living in poverty get equal funding.
Public Education Department spokesman Larry Behrens says the department has not yet seen the lawsuit.
But Behrens says the state is spending more on education that ever before.
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Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican, http://www.sfnewmexican.com
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