A long standing lawsuit over education funding in 50 mainly small rural school districts goes to Fulton County Superior Court today. The suit, first filed in 2004, claims the small counties are treated unfairly because they don’t raise enough money from local taxes to make-up for cuts in state education spending. Unless granted a dismissal, the case goes to trial in October. A loss could put the state on the hook for more than one-billion dollars it would have to send to education coffers.
