North Dakota could solve ed funding feud out of court

Like custody battles in divorces, messy state disputes over school funding regularly land in court. North Dakota is one state trying to break the chain.

North Dakota’s Legislature this session will make or break an experiment by Gov. John Hoeven (R) and key stakeholders in public education to avoid the path that has embroiled 45 states, including North Dakota previously, in school-finance lawsuits that can drag on for years and sow long-lived bad feelings.

By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org Staff Writer

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