School finance: The State wins; the ISDs lose; the Legislature now has a wider range of options to reform the system

Originally published by Don Cruse.

Today, the Court issued its ruling in the Texas school finance case. The public information officer’s summary is more than 3000 words. I tried it in three tweets:

1/ SCOTX rules unanimously that the Texas school finance system is within constitutional limits. https://t.co/RqPFL4mlXT

— SCOTXblog (@scotxblog) May 13, 2016

 

2/ District court in school finance case placed improper emphasis on “inputs” (money spent) rather than “outputs” (results).

— SCOTXblog (@scotxblog) May 13, 2016

3/ Four Justices join concurrences saying that, while everyone wants schools to be better, it’s up to the Legislature to pursue that goal.

— SCOTXblog (@scotxblog) May 13, 2016

The vote was unanimous on the merits, although some Justices wrote separately to emphasize the importance of education.

MIKE MORATH, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; GLENN HEGAR, TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY v. THE TEXAS TAXPAYER AND STUDENT FAIRNESS COALITION, ET AL.; CALHOUN COUNTY ISD, ET AL.; EDGEWOOD ISD, ET AL.; FORT BEND ISD, ET AL.; TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, ET AL.; AND JOYCE COLEMAN, ET AL., No. 14-0776
education
school finance

Opinion of the Court


Concurring

Concurring

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