Robert Jackson was a District 6 School

Board President when he launched the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school funding lawsuit in 2006. NYS’s highest court ruled that $5.5 billion must be committed for NYS and NYC public schools but this has yet to be fulfilled.

Ten years later, Jackson walked 150 miles to Albany to highlight the cause, and in November, he ran for NYS Senate and won through the grassroots efforts of parent groups. 

Join us to learn about what is needed to hold the State accountable to fulfilling the funding that our school communities are owed and deserve.

You will also hear how private interests keeping public education funding at bay is connected to the use of standardized testing.

Get informed and advocate for the funding our schools deserve.  The new State budget will be voted on the first of April, and Cuomo is cutting public school funding again.