Appellate Team Files High Court Amicus Brief in Education Funding Case
Sonnenschein recently filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Asian American Justice Center, the National Council of La Raza and several other civil rights organizations in Horne v. Flores. The case involves an injunction compelling the state of Arizona to provide sufficient funding for non-English-speaking school children. The brief focuses on the importance of providing English language learners with access to effective programs, as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, and argues for equal access to public education as a fundamental civil right.
In addition to the Asian American Justice Center and the National Council of La Raza, the list of amici includes:
- Asian American Institute
- Asian Law Caucus
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
- Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
- Boat People SOS
- California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
- Child Care Law Center
- Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations
- Empire Justice Center
- Isabel Framer
- The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality
- Hmong National Development, Inc.
- Japanese American Citizens League
- Legal Aid Association of California
- National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
- Organization of Chinese Americans, Inc.
- Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- South Asian Americans Leading Together
- Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
- The Watsonville Law Center
