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Type
Opinion of the Court
Filed
April 17, 2007
Case
Zuni Public School District No. 89 v. Department of Education
Case status
Decided

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Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. A federal statute sets forth a method that the Secretary of Education is to use when determining whether a State’s public school funding program “equalizes expenditures” throughout the State. The statute instructs the Secretary to calculate the disparity in per-pupil expenditures among local school districts in the State. But, when doing so, the Secretary is to…

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TypeAuthorFiled
Opinion Stephen Gerald Breyer April 17, 2007
Concurrence Not attributed April 17, 2007
Dissent Not attributed April 17, 2007