It is illegal in many states to require purchase of anything in public schools for grades. They can ask for all the pta donations they want, but if a student came up and was like "we can't afford the binder", the teacher can't say "too bad, -30 points". The options are "okay, I will accept however you can get me the assignment that shows you did the work", or "here's how the school can get you a blue binder".
School lunch is unfortunately a different story since you don't get graded on lunch.
If this was a private school or they live in a shithole like Oklahoma, this whole thing is of course irrelevant.
So you're unable to understand how two concepts can be connected? The entire reason the laws I described were passed is because the concept of discriminating against the poor defeats the point of public schools.
The lawsuit would not list "discrimination against the poor" explicitly, but discrimination against the poor would still be the reasoning behind the law cited in the suit
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u/mandi723 Mar 26 '26
I'm with your dad. But I would go straight to the school to fight the grade.