Edgewood Independent School District v. Meno

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER and GAMMAGE, Justices, joined. HECHT, ENOCH and OWEN, Justices, joined in Parts I, II, III, Y, VI and VII.

Six years ago, this Court held that this State’s system for financing public education violated article VII, section 1 of the Texas Constitution. Edgewood Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Kirby, 777 S.W.2d 391, 397 (Tex.1989) (Edgewood I). Today we consider whether the Legislature’s latest efforts to reform the education finance system satisfy article VII, section 1, and other provisions of the Texas Constitution.

Following standard rules of…