COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY, et al., Appellants,
Coalition to Fund Excellent Schools, et al., Appellants,
v.
STATE of Missouri, et al., Respondents,
W. Bevis Schock, Rex Sinquefield, and Menlo Smith, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 1, 2009.
September 1, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alex Bartlett, Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP, Audrey Hanson McIntosh, Audrey Hanson McIntosh, PC, Jefferson City, MO, James C. Owen, McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer, L.C., Chesterfield, MO, Richard B. Walsh, Jr., Evan Z. Reid, Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C., St. Louis, MO, for Appellants.
Chris Koster, Attorney General, James R. Layton, State Solicitor, Jefferson City, MO, Christopher J. Quinn, Assistant Attorney General, Maureen Beekley, Assistant Attorney General, Joshua M. Schindler, The Schindler Law Firm, John R. Munich, St. Louis, MO, for Respondents.
Ellen M. Boylan, Newark, New Jersey, for Amici Curiae.
Rodney D. Gray, Jefferson City, MO, for Citizens for Missouri's Children and Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network.
Molly A. Hunter, Educational Law Center, Newark, New Jersey, Melissa K. Randol, Columbia, MO, for Missouri School Boards Association, et al.
Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.
MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.
The issue before this Court is the constitutional validity of Missouri's system for funding public schools. Plaintiffs1 allege that Missouri's school funding formula results in a public education system that is unconstitutionally disparate and inadequate. They assert that the formula applies wrongly calculated tax assessment data, rendering incorrect "local effort" contributions and directly impacting the adequacy...
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