9 ACLU vs. Michigan.

• Position: STATELINE

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state of Michigan and a Detroit area school district for violating a 1993 state law that gives students the "right to learn to read." The class-action lawsuit, filed in a state court in Wayne County in July, alleges that children in the Highland Park School District are functionally illiterate. The law states that public school students who are not proficient in reading according to tests given in 4th and 7th grades must be given "special assistance" to bring them to...