Serrano v. Priest

In 1971 the California Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of Serrano v. Priest that the state system of funding schools through property tax was unfair to children in districts with low property values.  Kids in those poor districts simply were not receiving an equal education

Now, 52 years later, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge made a similar ruling on behalf of a number of districts where property values meant inadequate funding for kids in those districts.  One of the districts was Panther Valley in Carbon County.

Of course the Republican legislators, who for years have bleated about reforming property taxes, will now appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to allow the current unfair system to continue.