Lawsuit over state's school funding as inadequate far-reaching - The Denver Post:
"With a court ruling last week, Colorado is set to enter the battlefield of 'adequacy' in school funding, a place dozens of other states have been before with mixed results.
But the case against the state's school funding system ultimately could be about more than money for education, attorneys say.
It could wind up as a direct challenge to the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights in the state constitution. TABOR limits government spending and requires that tax increases go to voters.
School finance lawsuits are not new to Colorado or indeed almost every other state. Over three decades, Colorado has faced several legal challenges to its school-funding system."
"With a court ruling last week, Colorado is set to enter the battlefield of 'adequacy' in school funding, a place dozens of other states have been before with mixed results.
But the case against the state's school funding system ultimately could be about more than money for education, attorneys say.
It could wind up as a direct challenge to the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights in the state constitution. TABOR limits government spending and requires that tax increases go to voters.
School finance lawsuits are not new to Colorado or indeed almost every other state. Over three decades, Colorado has faced several legal challenges to its school-funding system."