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STRONG SCHOOLS v. FLORIDA BOARD OF ED.

Case No. 1D16-2862.

232 So.3d 1163 (2017)

CITIZENS FOR STRONG SCHOOLS, INC., Fund Education Now, Inc., Eunice Barnum, Janiyah Williams, Jacque Williams, Sheila Andrews, Rose Nogueras, and Alfredo Nogueras, Appellants, v. FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; Andy Gardiner, in his official capacity as the Florida Senate President; Steve Crisafulli, in his official capacity as the Florida Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Pam Stewart, in her official capacity as Florida Commissioner of Education, Appellees, and Celeste Johnson; Deaundrice Kitchen; Kenia Palacios; Margot Logan; Karen Tolbert; and Marian Klinger, Intervenors/Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Opinion filed December 13, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jodi Siegel and Kirsten Anderson of Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., Gainesville; Timothy McLendon , Gainesville; Deborah Cupples , Gainesville; Eric J. Lindstrom of Egan, Lev & Siwica, P.A., Gainesville; Neil Chonin, Gainesville, for Appellants.

Robert M. Brochin and Clay M. Carlton of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Miami, for Amicus Curiae Certain Commissioners of 1998 Constitution Revision Commission.

Dena H. Sokolow , Renee Meenach Decker and Angelica M. Fiorentino of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, for Amicus Curiae National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, and Amicus Curiae Bassuk Center on Homeless and Vulnerable Children and Youth.

Sarah R. Sullivan , Jacksonville, for Amicus Curiae Disability and Public Benefits Clinic, Florida Coastal School of Law.

Kele Stewart , Coral Gables, for Amicus Curiae University of Miami School of Law Children Youth Law Clinic.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Jonathan A. Glogau , Chief, Complex Litigation, Tallahassee; Dawn Roberts , General Counsel, and Christie M. Letarte , Deputy General Counsel, The Florida Senate, Tallahassee; Adam S. Tanenbaum , General Counsel, Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, for the Florida House of Representatives and Steve Crisafulli in his official capacity as the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives; Judy Bone , General Counsel, Matthew H. Mears and Mari M. Presley , Assistant General Counsels, Department of Education, Tallahassee; Rocco E. Testani , Stacey M. Mohr and Lee A. Peifer of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, pro hac vice, for Appellees.

George N. Meros, Jr. , of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tallahassee; Carl Nichols , Daniel P. Kearney, Jr. and Kevin Gallagher of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Foundation for Excellence in Education.

Ari S. Bargil , Institute for Justice, Miami; Richard Komer , Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA, pro hac vice; and Timothy D. Keller , Institute for Justice, Tempe, AZ, pro hac vice, for Intervenors/Appellees Institute for Justice.

Eight years ago, Appellants initiated a legal challenge to Florida's public school system, asserting that the State's entire K-12 public education system — which includes 67 school districts, approximately 2.7 million students, 170,000 teachers, 150,000 staff members, and 4,000 schools — is in violation of the Florida...

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