Following years of litigation, a New York State Appellate Court has issued a landmark decision in favor of the Utica City School District. The Utica School District had fought for years to achieve equitable funding for high-need school districts across the state. The district has argued that the state had not met its obligation under the State Constitution to provide a “sound basic” education to students due to many years of underfunding of state aid. The Utica City School District says it is is owed tens of millions of dollars by New York State due to the underfunding of Foundation Aid for over a decade.