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JUD.1Constitutional Education AdequacyIn Crane Elementary School District v. State of Arizona, the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the Students FIRST statutory framework as satisfying the constitutional requirement for a general and uniform public school system while emphasizing the state's continuing obligation to address facility deficiencies according to minimum adequacy standards.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 22 · Ariz. Const. art. XI, § 1
The 2000 Godinez v. Davis settlement addressed overcrowding, particularly in multi-track year-round urban districts, establishing a temporary mechanism directing nearly $1 billion in state funds for new schools in severely overcrowded districts.
California — State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities — 2025 State Profile (2025), printed p. 32
The Arizona Supreme Court's Hull v. Albrecht decisions prohibited delay of necessary capital funding for eligible school construction projects.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 22
In the 1997 and 1998 Hull v. Albrecht decisions, the Arizona Supreme Court reaffirmed that the state must ensure a school capital funding system that provides adequate capital funding consistent with the Arizona Constitution's general and uniform requirement.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 22 · Ariz. Const. art. XI, § 1
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JUD.9Other Facility LitigationPending
Center for Law in the Public Interest v. State of Arizona challenges Arizona's existing public school facilities funding model. Plaintiffs allege that continued reliance on local bonds for school maintenance funding produces unconstitutional disparities under the general and uniform requirement established in Roosevelt. The profile reports that the case remained pending as of April 2025.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 22–23
In Roosevelt Elementary School District No. 66 v. Bishop, the Arizona Supreme Court held that the state's reliance on local property tax revenues to fund school construction violated the Arizona Constitution's requirement for a general and uniform public school system because differences in district property wealth produced unequal access to adequate school facilities.
Arizona State Roles and Responsibilities for PK-12 Public School Facilities (2025), printed p. 22 · Ariz. Const. art. XI, § 1