I.L. v. The State of Alabama

JORDAN, Circuit Judge:

In the “best of all possible worlds,” 1 state and local governments would ensure adequate funding for all facets of their public school systems. In the world in which we live, however, the reality is that some public school systems do not have sufficient resources to educate the children entrusted to their care.

This appeal primarily concerns a Fourteenth Amendment challenge to various sections of the Alabama Constitution that are central to the State’s system of ad valorem property taxation. The plaintiffs, black and white children attending public schools in Sumter and…