USA HISTORY

THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGANS FOREIGN POLICY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which case forced Texas to change the way it funded public schools because the previous system was ruled unconstitutional?
A
Reynolds v. Sims
B
Wisconsin v. Yoder
C
Brown v. Board of Education
D
Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most recently, in November 2004, in West Orange-Cove Consolidated ISD v Neeley, the Texas Supreme Court struck down the state’s school funding system, finding that it had evolved into an unconstitutional property tax (source: www. schoolfunding.

Detailed explanation-2: -Filed on behalf of San Antonio’s Edgewood Independent School District, six other school districts and 25 families, the suit, known as Edgewood ISD v. Kirby, argued that Texas school funding violated the state constitution’s requirement that the legislature provide an efficient and free public school system.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Robin Hood plan was a media nickname given to legislation enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 to provide court-mandated equitable school financing for all school districts in the state, in response to the Texas Supreme Court’s ruling in Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby.

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