The Mars Area School District and two other area districts have filed a lawsuit asking Commonwealth Court to void education guidelines that include "culturally relevant and sustaining education (CRSE)."

The Penn Crest School District in Crawford County and Laurel School District in Lawrence County also are plaintiffs in the suit filed Monday against Gov. Josh Shapiro and acting Secretary of Education Khalid Mumin who are implementing guidelines that were created by former Gov. Tom Wolf in November 2022 before he left his second term in office.

All school districts are required to implement the guidelines by the beginning of the 2023-24 school year. Subsidies the districts receive from the state will be withheld if they don't comply, according to the suit.