Kukor v. Grover

The majority characterizes this case as one of “spending disparities.” That is not at all the focus of this case. The primary issue is whether the state, through its system of school financing, has met its constitutional obligation to provide an equal opportunity for educa*516tion to all children of this state, rich and poor alike. As the record amply demonstrates, it has not.

Every member of this court agrees on four basic points:

1) that it is a fundamental right of every child in this state to have an equal opportunity for education;

2) that the state is constitutionally mandated to provide that…