Lubbock ISD was one of hundreds of Texas School districts who joined in a lawsuit claiming the school funding system is unfair in Texas.
Friday, the Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling saying that the funding system was constitutional.
“Supreme Court did rule that the school finance case, school finance as it is in Texas, did meet minimal constitutional requirements, but was undeniably imperfect,” Lubbock ISD Superintendent Dr. Berhl Robertson, Jr. said. “I think that’s an important statement from the court, to say that it’s undeniably imperfect and there’s a lot of work to do.”
“I’m disappointed, as I’m sure many educators are from a standpoint of, disappointed for the over five million children in the public schools of Texas, disappointed for the teachers. I think teachers need additional support, you know we can’t pay teachers enough ever, and so it’s a disappointment,” Robertson said.
Robertson said the district plans to continue to work to find ways to better the finance system in the coming legislative session.
“[The Texas Supreme Court] did their job, they didn’t get into micro-managing the state legislature, they understand that legislatures do budgets and do laws, and they ruled accordingly,” State Senator Charles Perry said.
