When the Texas Legislature cut $5.4 billion from school coffers in 2011, school districts and other interested parties filed suit claiming that, as a result of the cuts, the state is failing to live up to its constitutional obligation to provide an adequate public education to all students.
After several weeks of arguments, state district Judge John Dietz agreed. In a ruling from the bench in February 2013, Dietz determined the Texas school finance system is unconstitutional, but he did not make a formal, final ruling.