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Quotation from San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez by Supreme Court of the United States
“The difficulty with the Texas system, however, is that it provides a meaningful option to Alamo Heights and like school districts but almost none to Edgewood and those other districts with a low per-pupil real estate tax base.”
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, Dissent of Justice White (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice White, joined by Justices Douglas and Brennan, argues that local control is not equally available to all districts.
Citation: "The difficulty with the Texas system, however, is that it provides a meaningful option to Alamo Heights and like school districts but almost none to Edgewood and those other districts with a low per-pupil real estate tax base." — Supreme Court of the United States, San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, Dissent of Justice White (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id san-antonio-isd-v-rodriguez-q4)
Portrait: US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell - 1976 official portrait, Color negative by Robert S. Oakes, Public domain.
