DLA Piper successfully represented education-focused nongovernmental agency Mexicanos Primero in a lawsuit aimed at preventing cutbacks to the School is Ours program, which extended school hours for students at more than 25,000 schools and gave working parents more time to work to support their families.
The lawsuit filed by Aprender Primero, the legal arm of Mexicanos Primero, claimed that the Ministry of Public Education had made an illegal and erroneous interpretation of the provisions of the Federal Expenditure Budget of 2023. Last year, the Ministry of Public Education indicated that beneficiary schools could only use 21 percent of the resources to extend their working day from six to eight hours, limiting pay to teachers and principals.
The Seventh District Judge in Administrative Matters of Mexico City ordered, by means of a definitive suspension, not to limit the resources. Effective immediately,
