ABSTRACT
In San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 US 1, the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Texas school funding system that resulted in wide differences in how much could be spent in a school district based on the wealth of a district's real estate that was subject to taxation. The Court addressed some strands of constitutional law that are important in analysis of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court ruled that the Texas plan was constitutional because it helped preserve local control. To argue that education was such a basic right that all people ought to receive a completely equal education, the Court argued, would bring into question whether the state might be forced to fund equal housing and food for the poor. The Court denied that discrimination even was taking place.
