Ingram v. Payton

Almand, Justice.

In 1964 the Georgia General Assembly enacted a law entitled “Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act” (Ga. L. 1964, pp. 3-49). Section 2 of this Act expressed the legislative intent. “The General Assembly of Georgia, recognizing the importance and extreme necessity of providing improved educational opportunity for all Georgians— children, youth, and adults; of establishing equality of educational opportunity for Georgia’s children and youth regardless of where they may live or what their station in life may be; of establishing and maintaining minimum standards for public…