School finance lawsuit back in court
State Judge John Dietz heard new testimony beginning Tuesday morning in the public school finance lawsuit. Last year, in a preliminary verbal ruling, Dietz said the Texas system used to finance public education was inadequate, and therefore, unconstitutional.
The original lawsuit, filed after the Texas Legislature cut more than $5 billion from public school classroom funding, included about 600 school districts. Lawyers representing those districts, which educate more than five million students, argued that the financial system violated a Texas Constitutional right to adequate education.
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