Historical Background In 1993, the Supreme Court of Tennessee ruled, in Tennessee Small School Systems v. McWherter, 851 S.W.2d 139 (Small
California
Historical Background Serrano v. Priest In 1971, the California Supreme Court ruled education a fundamental constitutional right and
Utah
Historical Background Utah is one of only six states where no court case challenging the state’s education finance system has yet been decided and
Texas
Historical Background In the late 1960s, plaintiffs in a property-poor and underfunded school district filed Rodriguez v. San Antonio
Arkansas
Historical Background In 1983, the Arkansas Supreme Court found the state’s school funding system unconstitutional under the equal protection
Vermont
Historical Background In 1995, plaintiff students, taxpayers, and school districts filed Brigham v. State, 692 A.2d 384 (1997), an “equity”
Virginia
Historical Background In 1991, eleven public school students and seven local school boards brought suit claiming that Virginia’s system of
Washington
Historical Background In 1978, the Supreme Court of Washington found the state’s school finance system unconstitutional in Seattle School
West Virginia
Historical Background Several parents in West Virginia brought suit in 1975, arguing that their children were receiving an inadequate education