Opinion ID: 2077353
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 18

Heading: Lack of Judicially Discoverable and Manageable Standards for Resolving Issue

Text: The district court concluded that [t]here is a lack of judicially discoverable or manageable standards for resolving the issue of whether the Nebraska school funding system satisfies the constitutional requirements of `free instruction in common schools' or `suitable laws.' We agree that under the second Baker test, there are no qualitative, constitutional standards for public schools that this court could enforce, apart from the requirements that the education in public schools must be free and available to all children. [60] Nebraska's constitutional history shows that the people of Nebraska have repeatedly left school funding decisions to the Legislature's discretion. Even more illuminating, the people rejected a recent amendment that would have imposed qualitative standards on the Legislature's duty to provide public education.