Board of Education, Levittown Union Free School District, Respondents-Appellants, and Board of Education…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that the state's public school financing system does not violate the equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution or the New York Constitution, nor does it breach the education article of the New York Constitution. The court applied rational basis review to all claims and affirmed the lower court's order, modifying it to declare the system constitutional. Justice Fuchsberg dissented, arguing the system fails the constitutional mandate for free common schools.