By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 12:45 PM ET Apr. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED April 7, 2021 @12:45 PM SHARE After 28 years of fighting for a sound, basic education for every student in New York, activists like attorney Michael Rebell of the Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University, are celebrating a victory that has been delayed multiple times: a commitment by the state legislature to fully fund the state’s primary education formula, Foundation Aid. "I feel somewhat vindicated, yes. We’ve been fighting this battle now for, God, ’93 is when we started (the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit)," Rebell said. "But I do have a lingering concern. In a sense there’s a little bit of déjà vu with me."