San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez 411 U.S. 1 (1973) Texas funded their public schools with property taxes. They gave each school funding based on the amount of property taxes collected in that school district. This meant that schools in poor communities with low property values and a corresponding low property tax bas received less money per student than schools in rich communities with high property taxes. A group of parents in a poor community sued, claiming that the apportionment was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment because it unconstitutionally discriminated on the basis of wealth. The Trial Court found the law to be unconstitutional. Texas appealed. The Trial Court found that education was a fundamental right, and therefore the Texas law should be subject to strict scrutiny. The US Supreme Court found the Texas apportionment to be constitutional. The US Supreme Court found that there is no fundamental right to education, nor were poor people a suspect class. Therefore, the Texas law only had to pass rational basis review. The Court found that Texas' plan was rationally related to a legitimate State interest, and was therefore constitutional. The State interest was the desire to have local control over schools.