Abbeville County School District v. State

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by appellants challenging the State’s funding of public primary and secondary education. Appellants are forty less wealthy school districts, their public school students, and their taxpayers; respondents (the State) are the State of South Carolina and individuals sued as representatives of governmental bodies. The circuit court granted the State’s Rule 12(b)(6), SCRCP, motion and dismissed appellants’ complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The complaint alleged violations of the South Carolina Constitution’s…