Mesa County Board of County Commissioners v. State

delivers the Opinion of the Court.

I. Introduction

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment order of the Denver District Court holding unconstitutional the amendments made by SB 07-199 to the local share of the funding formula of the School Finance Act. The district court held that SB 07-199 violated article X, section 20 of the Colorado Constitution. We reverse the district court's order and remand the case with directions to enter judgment for the defendants.

For many decades, the public elementary and secondary schools in Colorado have been funded jointly by local school districts and…