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

Summary

Justice Lewis, dissenting, would hold that claims alleging violations of Florida's constitutional duty to provide a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality public-school system are justiciable. The dissent reasons that the constitutional text supplies judicially manageable standards and that courts may determine constitutional compliance without assuming responsibility for educational policy or appropriations. Justice Pariente, dissenting, agrees and proposes definitions for the disputed constitutional terms, while Chief Justice Canady, concurring, defends the nonjusticiability ruling as necessary to preserve legislative control over funding and policy.