Board of Education v. Nyquist
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lazer, J.
The educational command of New York’s Constitution is simple and direct: “The legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of the state may be educated.”1 That simple sentence comprises the essential constitutional underpinning for a multifaceted fiscal and administrative structure encompassing a central authority, more than 700 school districts, and over 4,000 schools in which some 200,000 professionals conduct the education of 3,000,000 of the State’s children. Twenty-seven of the school…
2Cases cited102 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Board of Education v. NyquistNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Lujan v. Colorado State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
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- In re UrcuyoNew York Supreme Court · 2000
- Reform Education Financing Inequities Today v. CuomoNew York Supreme Court · 1991
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