on Jordan Levy

Former Worcester Mayor Jordan Levy died last night, and I want to be sure we remember his contribution to equitable school funding in Massachusetts. In 1989 when he was Mayor (and Chair of the School Committee) he filed, in the name of his daughter, Levy v. Dukakis together with families from Carver, Revere, and Rockland challenging the constitutionality of the school finance system. That case was joined to the McDuffy case, which of course found that the school finance system was unconstitutional, and gave us the foundation budget system we use. 

It was a case filed on behalf of Worcester's schoolchildren, and really all of the children of Massachusetts, which is itself quite a legacy to leavy.

Rest well, Mayor Levy.