Sean Coletti

The legislature has a duty to “maintain a general, uniform and thorough system of public, free common schools.” It doesn’t have a constitutional obligation to fund private or home schools.

The Supreme Court has never found a state compact void for not getting congressional approval under the Compact Clause. It’s a little difficult to imagine the courts would change their tune in this case.

The fact that 45 percent of all failed bonds over the last 10 years surpassed a 60 percent threshold tells me that something is wrong with the system. It’s time for a constitutional provision on school bonding that makes sense; that works.