McDaniel v. Thomas

The basic question presented by this case is whether the current system of funding public education in Georgia conforms to the mandates of our state constitution.

Plaintiff-appellees are parents, children and school officials who reside in school districts which, in relation to other school districts in the state, have a low property tax base.1 They brought a declaratory judgment action in the Superior Court of Polk County alleging that the existing system of financing public education 1) violates the equal *633protection provisions of our state constitution (Constitution of 1976, Art. I, Sec. II,…