...cause of action has been deliberately drafted to confine the theory to the holding In Serrano that the quality of public education may not be a function of wealth. The only wrong claimed Is wealth discrimination, or— put another way — a denial of plaintiff's...

...needs allegation was dropped and the case focused on a theory which can be summarized this way: That the quality of public education may not be a function of wealth; whatever else the State may do about education, it may not make the number of dollars spent per child...

...cause of action has been deliberately drafted to confine the theory to the holdln, In Serrano that the quality of public education may not be a function of wealth. The onl< wrong claimed Is wealth discrimination, or — put another way — a denial of plaintiff's...

...in favor of the children, adi ipt ing the legal argument just outlined and declaring, as hoped, that the quality of public education may not be a function of wealth. The case promptly received enormous attention from the media, some exulting that it implied the end...

...cause of action has been deliberately drafted to confine the theory to the holding In Serrano that the quality of public education may not be a function of wealth. The °<"> wrong claimed Is wealth discrimination, or — put another way — a denial of plaintiff's...

...overcome what the Supreme Court has continuously held must be overcome — segregation. STATE- WIDE FINANCING State governments are already deeply involved...persist because they reflect, to a considerable extent, the power relationships within state legislatures and in the society generally. In Michigan, for example,...

...aid programs are generally of two kinds : flat grants distributed in the same amount on a per- pupil basis and equalizing grants designed to offset glaring...persist because they reflect, to a considerable extent, the power relationships within state legislatures and in the society generally. In Michigan, for example,...

...of equal educational opportunity Coons, Clune and Sugarman offer the following constitutional test: "the quality of public education may not be a function...wealth other than the wealth of the State as a whole." The plaintiffs success in the California case was due to both the legal rationale and the constitutional...

...application of the principle of "fiscal neutrality." Briefly summarized, this standard requires that the quality of public education may not be a function...wealth, other than the wealth of the State as a whole. Unlike the measure offered in Mclinii*. this proposal does not involve the Court in the intricacies...

...can still do all the things they could before — except one. That one forbidden phenomenon is that the quality of public education may not be a function...wealth other than the wealth of the state as a whole. With full awareness of the perils of paraphrasing in things legal, this one proscription may be restated...