Legal Opinion
School Administrative District No. 1 v. Commissioner, Department of Education
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 7, 1995PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs, eighty-three school administrative districts and three students, appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Mills, J.) denying their equal protection challenge to the constitutionality of funding reductions implemented pursuant to the School Finance Act. 20-A M.R.S.A. §§ 15601-15621 (1993 & Supp.1994). Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.
The Act’s Funding Formula
The Act provides a method for sharing the cost of public education between the state and local school units. The statutory formula is complex, but essentially it provides…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Skeen v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993
- Kukor v. GroverWisconsin Supreme Court · 1989
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- City of Pawtucket v. SundlunSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
- Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. RellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Doe v. Superintendent of SchoolsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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