DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – A Davenport attorney has filed a lawsuit that alleges Iowa’s school funding system is unfair because some districts receive more money per student than others. The Quad-City Times reports Catherine Cartee filed the class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of two graduates of Davenport school district high schools. The lawsuit says 176 school districts in Iowa collect up to $175 more per student than the Davenport school district does when using the same funding formula.

The Iowa Department of Education recently filed an ethics complaint against Davenport schools superintendent Art Tate, saying the school district openly broke the law by using money in a reserve account to pay for ongoing programming. Tate has declined to comment on the complaint.

Tate and school board members have previously noted the funding inequity.