State · AL
Alabama
92 published provisions from Alabama State Profile (2025). Compare with other states
ADMFacilities Administration & Management(7)
CMPApproval, Compliance & Accountability(10)
FINFacilities Financing(8)
FNDFacilities Funding(14)
GOVGovernance & Authority(9)
JUDJudicial Decisions & Legal Interpretation(3)
PLNFacilities Planning(10)
STDFacility Standards(25)
SUPState Support & Capacity Building(6)
Judicial decisions
Alabama Coalition for Equity v. Hunt / Ex parte James
- Court
- Montgomery County Circuit Court / Alabama Supreme Court
- Holding
- In 1993, the Montgomery County Circuit Court held that Alabama's school funding system violated the Alabama Constitution and ordered development of a remedy. The Legislature subsequently revised the foundation program formula. In Ex parte James in 1997, the Alabama Supreme Court declined to require a specific legislative response. In 2002, the Court dismissed the case, holding that education policy decisions were within the authority of the Legislature and were not subject to further judicial enforcement.
- Current status
- Dismissed in 2002; no continuing judicial enforcement identified by the 2025 Alabama State Profile.
Lynch v. State of Alabama
- Court
- U.S. District Court / U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Holding
- In 2011, the U.S. District Court ruled that the plaintiffs had not demonstrated intentional discrimination in violation of the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the decision in 2013, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case in 2014.
- Current status
- Eleventh Circuit decision upheld the district court ruling in 2013; U.S. Supreme Court declined review in 2014.
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