Orozco Ex. Rel Arroyo v. Sobol

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

Public education in the State of New York, as in most States, is grounded upon a residency requirement. Under the New York Constitution, the State Legislature is empowered to “provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this state may be educated.” N.Y. Const. art. XI, § 1. Consistent with that mandate, the State Legislature has provided that any “person over five and under twenty-one years of age who has not received a high school diploma is entitled to attend the public schools maintained in the…