Opinion ID: 1756151
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Acts 57 and 108

Text: The majority holds that the General Assembly failed to comply with Act 57 and Act 108 in the 2005 regular session, and by doing so, retreated from its prior actions to comply with this court's directives in Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 351 Ark. 31, 91 S.W.3d 472 (2002). It is this court's function to declare whether the General Assembly has complied with the constitution in providing a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools. Whether the General Assembly does so by Act 57, Act 108, or by thirty acts, or no acts at all has no bearing on this court's duty to declare constitutionality. Again, the majority attempts to set policy and direct the General Assembly. This we may not do.