I want to formally invite all my readers to come to Rose at 20: The Past and Future of School Finance Litigation (don't worry it's free!). Next Wednesday, we are having a little get together in the evening at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, KY to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Rose v. Council for Better Education lawsuit that lead to the overhaul of the Kentucky school finance system in the Kentucky Education Reform Act. The event is being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Education Law Association. Please click on either of the images for the full flyer.
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Click for BrochureThe local participants include the Governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, the President of the University of Kentucky, Lee Todd, the Dean of the UK College of Education Mary John O'Hair, the Dean of the College of Law, David Brennen, Judge Ray Corns, and Debra Dawahare, who represented the vicitorious plaintiffs. Debra still works at Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, who are also sponsoring the event - and, I can't thank them enough for their support!
As part of the evening as well will be a Kentucky Law Journal Symposium on the impact of the Rose case nationally and the future of school finance litigation. Kern Alexander will moderate the symposium in which Craig Wood, Bill Thro, and William Koski will participate and publish papers in a special issue of the Kentucky Law Journal (look for it next Spring and I'll post when it comes out).
It will be an absolutely lovely evening of remembrance and I want to thank Scott Bauries, my blogging partner here, for helping to coordinate the event from the law school side. I also want to think Neal Hutchens for being willing to come on board with this event, Dana Daughtee for editing the special issue of KLJ, and Lesley Stout for making KLJ a part of this. I also want to thank the staffs of the two Colleges including Mary Ann Vimont, Judy Griffin, Brad Duncan, and the folks at UK PR. I also want to thank Richard Day of EKU, Wayne Young of KASA and everyone else that helped me gather information about the case.
Also, I want to tell my readers how pleased I was to work with the Education Law Association and how comforting I found Cate Smith's leadership. I think that organization will be in good hands moving forward and if you are a reader of this blog, I do encourage you to consider membership in that organization (and tell them I sent you because I get a discount!).
But, seriously, a lot of people had to work together to pull off an event like this and I was especially pleased with how everything came together.
So, please come out and have a lovely evening.