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ROSE v. COUNCIL FOR BETTER EDUC., INC.

No. 88-SC-804-TG.

790 S.W.2d 186 (1989)

John A. ROSE, President Pro Tempore of the Senate; Donald J. Blandford, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Appellants, v. The COUNCIL FOR BETTER EDUCATION, INC. et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified September 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Scent, Karen Scent, Scent & Scent, PSC, Paducah, for appellants.

Bert T. Combs, Debra H. Dawahare, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Lexington, Theodore H. Lavit, Lebanon, for appellees.

Philip M. Lanier, Louisville, for amicus curiae Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.

Phillip J. Shepherd, Frankfort, for amicus curiae Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth.

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The issue we decide on this appeal is whether the Kentucky General Assembly has complied with its constitutional mandate to "provide an efficient system of common schools throughout the state."1

In deciding that it has not, we intend no criticism of the substantial efforts made by the present General Assembly and by its predecessors, nor do we intend to substitute our judicial authority for the authority...

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