"You can look it up. The Florida Constitution says it is “a paramount duty of the state to make adequate provision for the education of all children residing within its borders” and that the state shall provide “a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools that allows students to obtain a high quality education …”
For the past decade the state Legislature has been ignoring its constitutional responsibilities, paying less for education while forcing costs on to local districts, lowering the state's contribution to education funding from 62 percent in 2001 to 45 percent this year."
Enough is enough, says a group suing the Legislature and Board of Education for their failure to support education. The lawsuit, which you can download here, says they've failed to meet the constitutional requirements. The plaintiffs, whose attorneys include former Democratic House Speaker Jon Mills, Republican E. Thom Rumberger and members of Southern Legal Counsel, want state leaders to create a "remedial plan" for fulfilling their constitutional obligations.
