Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 25, 2002 (Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State)

lead-opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lerner, J.

The “sound basic education” standard enunciated by the Court of Appeals in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v State of New York (86 NY2d 307) requires the State to provide a minimally adequate educational opportunity, but not, as the IAS court held, to guarantee some higher, largely unspecified level of education, as laudable as that goal might be.