A retired New York City corrections officer named Dianne Payne who has adopted five foster children is suing New York state for the $13,000 it would spend on a child’s public-school education so she can send her kids to private school: “The future of my children is the most important thing to me, and my priority is securing for them a good education. But I can’t get that in this city. And I don’t have time to wait. So, I filed a lawsuit against New York State seeking $13,000 for each of my children so I can send them to private school.”