Today, the Court issued its ruling in the Texas school finance case. The public information officer’s summary is more than 3000 words. I tried it in three tweets:

1/ SCOTX rules unanimously that the Texas school finance system is within constitutional limits. https://t.co/RqPFL4mlXT

— SCOTXblog (@scotxblog) May 13, 2016

2/ District court in school finance case placed improper emphasis on "inputs" (money spent) rather than "outputs" (results).

— SCOTXblog (@scotxblog) May 13, 2016

3/ Four Justices join concurrences saying that, while everyone wants schools to be better, it's up to the Legislature to pursue that goal.

— SCOTXblog (@scotxblog) May 13, 2016

The vote was unanimous on the merits, although some Justices wrote separately to emphasize the importance of education.

MIKE MORATH, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; GLENN HEGAR, TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY v. THE TEXAS TAXPAYER AND STUDENT FAIRNESS COALITION, ET AL.; CALHOUN COUNTY ISD, ET AL.; EDGEWOOD ISD, ET AL.; FORT BEND ISD, ET AL.; TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, ET AL.; AND JOYCE COLEMAN, ET AL., No. 14-0776

education school finance

Opinion of the Court

Concurring

Concurring