Coalition for Adequacy v. Chiles

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• holding that the governor was a proper party to an action challenging the failure to adequately fund the public education system due to his position as chief executive officer and chairperson of the Board of Education
• noting that in Florida, unlike the federal system, the doctrine of standing has not been rigidly followed
• upholding dismissal of lawsuit claiming that the state had failed to allocate adequate resources to public schools
• finding no jurisdictional flaw in joining the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate as parties' plaintiff in a case where other parties had standing
• finding no jurisdictional flaw in joining the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate as parties’ plaintiff in a case where other parties had standing
• construing article IX, § 1 [a], of Florida constitution providing that “[a]dequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure and high quality system of free public schools” [internal quotation marks omitted]

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