LAUSD sues governor over cuts

Los Angeles Unified filed suit late Wednesday against Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials, seeking to block budget cuts that would gut the district's transportation program for magnet and special-education students. Barbarar Jones in the Daily News.
The 22-page suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, challenging efforts to withhold $117 million in home-to-school transportation funding over the next two years, including $38 million for the semester that begins in January.

The lawsuit formalized previous arguments made by LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy that the budget cuts triggered by a revenue shortfall violate a court-ordered desegregation plan, as well as state and federal mandates to transport students with disabilities.