Will the Denver Court Decision Impact Florida’s Failure to Fund Lawsuit?
The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled late last month that the lawsuit by several plaintiffs against the state of Florida for failing to fund education would go forward. A Denver judge ruled yesterday that Colorado’s school funding system “is not thorough and uniform as mandated by the state constitution.”
In a ruling that could have multi-billion dollar consequences for Colorado’s budget, a Denver judge ruled the state’s school funding system is not “thorough and uniform” as mandated by the state constitution.
The state’s school funding system “is not rationally related to the mandate to establish and maintain a thorough and uniform system of free public schools,” District Judge Sheila Rappaport