Legally Enforceable Right Denied

Historical Background Guinn v. Angle : Schools Take Priority over Procedural Requirement An impasse over school funding in 2003 prompted the

Historical Background In 1990, plaintiff taxpayers and students filed suit against the governor and other state officials, contending that

Historical Background In 1990, school districts, students, and taxpayers filed lawsuits and later consolidated, claiming that Missouri’s school

Historical Background During the summer of 2014, a Mississippi advocacy group, 42 For Better Schools succeeded in getting enough signatures to

Historical Background In 1972, the Supreme Court of Michigan found that the state’s school finance system violated the equal protection clause of

Historical Background In 1994, in response to state funding cuts in the early 1990s, plaintiff school districts and students filed School

Historical Background In 1992, parents and school districts filed complaints alleging that the state was not providing “a minimum foundation of

Oral arguments took place on December 4, 2008. In July 2009, the state Supreme Court dismissed the case on justiciability grounds. The Court

Historical Background Despite the Illinois Constitution’s strongly worded education clause, the Illinois Supreme Court has twice rejected