Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Governor M. Jodi Rell Et — Schaller, J…

Summary

Justice Schaller, concurring, agrees that Connecticut’s education clause guarantees students a free public education that is at least adequate to prepare them for meaningful participation in democracy and productive employment or higher education. He explains that this qualitative requirement follows from the constitutional text, precedent, common sense, and the purposes of public education, while cautioning that the trial court must develop fact-sensitive standards and respect legislative authority in measuring adequacy and fashioning remedies. Justice Palmer, concurring in the judgment, would recognize only a minimally adequate educational opportunity subject to substantial deference to the political branches; Justices Zarella and Vertefeuille, dissenting, would reject or substantially limit judicial enforcement of a qualitative education right.