Priest.(Dayton & Dupre, 2004) In the Serrano v. Priest case, inequalities between the rich and poor communities were ruled unconstitutional. (Karst, 1972, p. 720) The case of Serrano v. Priest has created a standard for the California Supreme Court when it comes to judging other cases regarding unequal funding. (Dayton & Dupre, 2004) .
It is important to note that not all proposed litigations in every state were successful. There were many cases of litigation for school funding that were rejected and caused a great defeat in the fight for equality. One case that failed to be successful was the San Antonio Independent Schools v.Rodriguez (Dayton & Dupre, 2004). The San Antonio Independent Schools v. Rodriguez took place in the Court of Texas; it was regarding the same aspect that Serrano fought for, equality of funding for poorer districts. The Court of Texas failed to acknowledge education as a fundamental right (Dayton & Dupre, 2004, p. 2361). After the Serrano v. Priest case, according to Dayton and Dupre (2004), all fifty states have recognized the state's responsibility when it comes to funding public schools. Yet, funding for public schools are still mostly dependent on local governments.
Those in favor of local funding will argue that giving more support to public schools financially will not improve anything. Mackenzie (2006) supports this with the "SAT myth," which suggests that SAT scores do not correlate with how well or poorly schools are funded. In other words, when considering different schools, students tend to average the same scores. Although the numbers do not correlate, there needs to be a consideration on how schools are helping students prepare for these tests. Are students provided with other resources that help them do better? Or are students forced to find a different way to do better? This becomes an issue when schools are not given access to equal funding.