Crim v. McWhorter

I cannot agree with the majority’s analysis of the free public education constitutional issue or the result reached. Accordingly, I dissent.

The question presented for decision is, "What is 'an adequate education’ within the meaning of Article VIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1976, Code Ann. § 2-4901?” If the "summer school program” in question fits within the meaning of the phrase "an adequate education” as used in the free public education clause of our Constitution, then the City of Atlanta Public School System cannot charge the "tuition fees” that lie at the…