The concept of adequate funding for public schools has been a controversial topic across state legislatures and school systems for decades. As a result, some states have prioritized public school funding insomuch as to enshrine the very principle of adequate school funding into their state constitutions, making it a fundamental law of the state. The state of Arkansas is one such example.
Choose one of the following court cases that shaped Arkansas’ path to enshrining adequacy funding measures into law.
DuPree v. Alma School District No. 30, 279 Ark. 340 (1983) Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 351 Ark. 31, 91 S.W.3d 472 (Ark. 2002)