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Is there a constitutional right to education? In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court said “no” in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, which dealt with disparities in spending levels among Texas school districts, notes Education Next.
Reconsidering the Supreme Court’s Rodriguez decision: Is there a federal constitutional right to education?
SPRING 2017 / VOL. 17, NO, 2 Does the U.S. Constitution guarantee a right to education? It does not, the Supreme Court declared in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, a 1973 case alleging that disparities in spending levels among Texas school districts violated students’ constitutional rights.