San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez In the case of San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, the appellant was the San Antonio Independent School District and the appellee was Rodriguez, who was on behalf of the families of the students. After viewing that their school district had one of the highest tax rates, the parental association and Rodriguez argued their case on October 12, 1972. The issue that they brought to the court was that of school funding by property tax assessed values violates the equal protection clause of the constitution and that it was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. It was argued that the lack of funding underprivileged students based on their poor residency in the districts. According to San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez on the Cornell website, the appellees claimed that “that the Texas system's reliance on local property taxation favors the more affluent and violates equal protection requirements because of substantial inter-district disparities in per-pupil expenditures resulting primarily from differences in the value of assessable property among the districts”. The fact is that funding is based on the income of the neighborhoods and property taxes and that Texas …show more content…
It is up to the state level and they are the one who ultimately make educational decisions. The case was decided by the Burger Court (1972-1975) which included: Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist. On March 21, 1973, the case was decided in a 5-4 decision; the San Antonio Independent School district won. The court basically said there was no constitutional right to an equal