” Two-thirds of Texas’ school districts had sued the state, claiming that the Legislature failed to live up to its cons utional obligation to provide an “efficient system of public free schools.” Their mul ude of claims amount to a culmination of nearly 30 years of school finance litigation.
They all argued that lawmakers ran afoul of the state cons ution by cutting $5.4 billion in education aid in 2011 while simultaneously implementing more rigorous “college- and career-readiness” standards.......”