Citizens for Strong Schools, Inc., Petitioners v. Florida State Board of Education — Canady, J…

Summary

The concurrence agrees that the challenge to Florida's educational funding and policy system is nonjusticiable because resolving it would require courts to make broad policy and appropriations decisions without manageable judicial standards. It emphasizes that the Legislature constitutionally controls fiscal priorities and that judicial supervision of educational spending would threaten separation of powers. Justice Pariente, dissenting, would hold that the education claims are justiciable and remand for adjudication under judicially manageable standards; Justice Lewis, dissenting, likewise would recognize a judicial remedy for alleged violations of the constitutional right to a high-quality education.