Legal Opinion
Idaho Schools for Equal Educational Opportunity v. Evans
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 1993No. 19875, 19922 and 19923PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISTLINE, Justice.
Article 9, § 1 of the state constitution (“the education clause”) provides: The stability of a republican form of government depending mainly upon the intelligence of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature of Idaho, to establish and maintain a general, uniform and thorough system of public, free common schools.
Article 1, § 2 of the state constitution provides in part:
All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their equal protection and benefit____
The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases allege that the current method of funding…
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