Dwyer v. State

delivered the Opinion of the Court. .

1 1 In this original proceeding, we consider the legality of the "negative factor," a legislative enactment that operates to reduce education funding across all Colorado school districts. - Plaintiffs below sued the State of Colorado, the Commissioner of Education, and the Governor (collectively, "the State"), arguing that the negative factor is unconstitutional because it violates Amendment 23, a constitutional provision requiring annual increases to "statewide base per pupil funding." After the trial court denied the State's motion to dismiss, we issued…