Legal Opinion
Abbott v. Burke
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 23, 1985PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HANDLER, J.
In this case, we are asked to consider constitutional challenges to the Public School Education Act of 1975; L. 1975, c. 212; N.J.S.A. 18A:7A-1 to -33 (1975 Act). Plaintiffs are children attending public schools in Camden, East Orange, Irving-ton, and Jersey City. Their consolidated action constitutes a systemic challenge to the State’s plan for funding public school education, which, as applied, allegedly violates the thorough and efficient education clause of the State Constitution, N.J. Const. (1947) Art. VIII, § 4, para. 1, and both the…
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