
Dragon Press: Could you clearly explain what AB 1575 is and how it is related to the lawsuit you have filed?
Explain how this is going to be beneficial to all students in California?
Your critics have been saying that this lawsuit has been negatively impacting the middle class, with budget cuts and fees we could still have some field trips, but with more cuts and little to no funding, schools are forced to offer little to no extracurricular activities. Could you respond to those critics?
Many parents who feel that they are able to pay for certain field trips and they feel their student is being denied opportunities because they can still pay for it but because others can’t, their child cannot go.
I would like to be able to point out some of these specific instances where these district have done this to show that these are solvable issues, can you show me and examples of this fundraising being successful?
Allen: I think you can look almost anywhere, any district that has not been subject to concerns about violating students’ rights who has continued to have field trips clearly has found a remedy. It’s a little bit difficult because it’s the inverse, it’s asking where are things still working. So, anywhere that still has field trips and is not violating student constitutional rights has managed to do it.