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14th Amendment For Education In Utah
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For decades, income tax has been Utah's primary source of state education funding. However, over the past 30 years, income tax revenue has been diverted for other uses, and the legislature cut the rate from 7% to 4.55% (Figures 1 and 2).
Teachers are protected from discrimination based on race, gender, and age. Discrimination based on disability or national origin is also prohibited. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects teachers at public schools.
It's official: Utah returns to ranking last in the nation for per-pupil education spending. While the national average is $15,633, Utah's spending stands at $9,552 per student, placing the state 51st for Fiscal Year 2022.
While education may not be a "fundamental right" under the Constitution, the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment requires that when a state establishes a public school system (as in Texas), no child living in that state may be denied equal access to schooling.
Federal public education funding is equivalent to 0.51% of total taxpayer income. State and local funding is equivalent to 3.26%. Funding for K-12 education totals $878.2 billion or $17,700 per pupil. The difference between spending and funding is $21.0 billion, or $420 per pupil.
On , the Court declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, effectively overturning the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision mandating "separate but equal." The Brown ruling directly affected legally segregated schools in twenty-one states.
Final answer: The Fourteenth Amendment was vital in the Brown v. Board of Education case because it ensures equal protection under the law, which the Supreme Court used to declare segregated schools unconstitutional.
Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court. The Supreme Court held that "separate but equal" facilities are inherently unequal and violate the protections of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Although he raised a variety of legal issues on appeal, the central argument was that separate school systems for Black students and white students were inherently unequal, and a violation of the "Equal Protection Clause" of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
