Fair School Finance Council of Oklahoma, Inc. v. State

OPALA, Justice.

This case challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s system of financing public elementary and secondary schools. The litigation focuses upon disparities in taxable wealth among the various school districts as well as the effect of those differences upon the fiscal ability of the poorer districts to provide their students with educational resources and opportunities comparable to those of the more affluent school districts. We hold that neither the United States nor the Oklahoma Constitution requires a funding regime that provides equal expenditures per child.

The plaintiffs…