A looming school funding lawsuit that could result in a court-ordered boost to Montana’s spending on K-12 education has so far drawn support from some — but not all — of the state’s public education advocates.

The legal challenge to the state’s current education funding system, organized by Helena-based Upper Seven Law, is still being drafted but will likely be filed by the end of the year, Upper Seven Executive Director Rylee Sommers-Flanagan told Montana Free Press on Thursday.

Missoula County Public Schools trustees voted to sign onto the effort Tuesday, providing the first public indication that a new round of high-stakes litigation is brewing over the state’s K-12 funding system. It has been nearly 20 years since a series of major court rulings in Columbia Falls v. State set legal b

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