DeRolph v. State II

754 N.E.2d 1184 (2001)

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DeRolph v. State II

Ohio Supreme Court
754 N.E.2d 1184 (2001)

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Facts

After years of prior litigation, the state of Ohio (defendant) adopted a new statutory formula for funding the state’s educational system to meet requirements set by the Ohio Supreme Court in prior decisions. The base-cost formula of House Bill (H.B.) 94 used 127 model school districts that met at least 20 of 27 statutory academic-performance standards to determine the cost of providing an adequate education per enrolled student in the state. The formula used wealth screens to remove school districts in the top and bottom 5 percent of income and property wealth from the pool of districts meeting adequate education standards and, because of rounding, included some districts that did not actually meet the statutory-performance criteria. Additionally, because of an echo effect, the state chose to use the lower of two fiscal years spending data for the calculation to adjust for districts that spent more than the base level due to line-item expenditures and outside revenue. The Ohio Supreme Court had continuing jurisdiction of the case and reviewed the state’s new formula.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Moyer, C.J.)

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