DuPree v. Alma School District No. 30
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
The issue presented on appeal is the constitutionality of the current statutory method of financing public schools in Arkansas under Act 1100 of 1979, the Minimum Foundation Program and vocational funding under § 7 of Act 1004 of 1975 (authorized under Act 363 of 1967). Appellees, eleven school districts1, brought this class action suit against appellants, Jim DuPree and other members of the Arkansas State Board of Education (also joined by other districts2), charging that the present system violates the state constitution’s guarantee of equal protection (Art. II, §§ 2,…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Serrano v. PriestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Robinson v. CahillSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Washakie County School District Number One v. HerschlerWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
- Pauley v. KellyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
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- Committee for Educational Rights v. EdgarIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
- Tennessee Small School Systems v. McWherterTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- Streight v. RaglandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
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