Which of the following is the best description of the Supreme Court’s decision in Rodriguez v. San Antonio ISD?
A. Segregation based on a student's ethnicity is unconstitutional.
B. The state may not fund schools differently based on the ethnic makeup of the schools.
C. It is not unconstitutional for Texas to fund school districts with unequal levels of property taxes.
D. The state may not deny federal education dollars to underperforming school districts.
E. The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment compels states to fund all school districts
equally.
Ans: C. It is not unconstitutional for Texas to fund school districts with unequal levels of property taxes.
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