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    In this Supreme Court case from 1973, members of a parent organization in Texas filed a lawsuit arguing that relying primarily on local property taxes to fund school districts discriminated against poorer districts with lower property values. They provided evidence that wealthier, primarily white districts spent more per student than poorer, minority-majority districts. The plaintiffs claimed this violated students' equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment. However, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Texas school funding plan did not violate students' constitutional rights. The majority opinion stated that the funding system was not purposefully discriminatory and was the result of responsible decision-making in Texas.

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    In this Supreme Court case from 1973, members of a parent organization in Texas filed a lawsuit arguing that relying primarily on local property taxes to fund school districts discriminated against poorer districts with lower property values. They provided evidence that wealthier, primarily white districts spent more per student than poorer, minority-majority districts. The plaintiffs claimed this violated students' equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment. However, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Texas school funding plan did not violate students' constitutional rights. The majority opinion stated that the funding system was not purposefully discriminatory and was the result of responsible decision-making in Texas.

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    San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)

    In 1968, members of the Edgewood Concerned Parent Organization filed a lawsuit in a Texas

    District Court thought-provoking that the entity of utilizing property taxes as the essential source

    of revenue for school districts discriminated against poorer school districts. They supplied

    evidence displaying that wealthier schools representing primarily white learners spent more

    money per pupil than poorer schools, mainly those with minority populations. Without a wealthy

    tax to fund their schools, they argued that poorer students’ Fourteenth Amendment rights were

    being violated.

    The case was carried before the Supreme Court in San Antonio Self-reliant School District v.

    Rodriguez (1973). In a 5-4 decision, which was divided along ideological lines, the Supreme

    Court ruled that the students’ constitutional rights were not violated by the Texas school funding

    plan. In typing the majority opinion, Justice Powell stated that “the Texas way is not the result of

    hurried, ill-conceived legislation. It definitely is not the product of purposeful discrimination

    against any group or class. On the contrary, it's rooted in decades of encounter in Texas and

    elsewhere, and, in the main part, is the product of responsible studies by suited people.”

    This question requires you to compare a Supreme Court case you studied in class with one you

    have not studied in class. A summary of the Supreme Court case you did not study in class is

    presented below and provides all the information you need to know about this case to answer the

    prompt.
    1. Identify the clause of the Fourteenth Amendment that is common to both Brown v.

    Board of Education of Topeka (1954) and San Antonio Independent School District

    v. Rodriguez (1973).

    The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) and San Antonio Independent School

    District v. Rodriguez (1973) shares the Equality protection Clause under the 14th amendment

    stating that no state may deprive a person within their jurisdiction equal protection of the law.

    2. Explain how the difference in facts led to a different decision in both Brown v. Board

    of Education of Topeka and San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez.

    In Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, more than one-third of states segregated their

    schools by law- 17 southern states and border states ordered public schools to be racially

    segregated. Racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to

    the Constitution, which prohibits the states from disclaiming equal protection of the laws

    to any person within their jurisdictions. While in San Antonio independent school district

    v Rodriguez, rich schools primarily representing white students were spending more

    money per person than poorer schools with majority minority students. The parent

    organization argued that the funding of under-privileged students was the cause of their

    school’s lack of the vast property tax base that other districts utilized. The Supreme Court

    decided that the students’ rights were not violated and that the system did not

    systematically discriminate against poor people.

    Explain how the outcome in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez

    demonstrates how public policy regarding equality of opportunity is affected by

    federalism in the United States.


    The outcome in San Antonio Independent School District v Rodriguez showed how

    education can be affected by federalism.

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