Puffer-Hefty School District No. 69 v. Du Page Regional Board of School Trustees of Du Page County - Published in Part

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• under the rational basis test, a statute is constitutional if the legislative classification is rationally related to a legitimate state purpose, and if any set of facts can be reasonably conceived to justify the classification
• “If the issue is one of law and is fully briefed and argued by the parties, this court may consider the issue for the first time on appeal.”
• “If the issue is one of law and is fully briefed and argued by the parties, this court may consider the issue for the first time on appeal.”
• strict scrutiny will be applied to legislation that operates to the disadvantage of a suspect classification or infringes upon a fundamental right, otherwise the legislation must simply bear a rational relationship to a legitimate governmental interest
• under the rational basis test, a statute is constitutional if the legislative classification is rationally related to a legitimate state purpose, and if any set of facts can be reasonably conceived to justify the classification
• strict scrutiny will be applied to legislation that operates to the disadvantage of a suspect classification or infringes upon a fundamental right, otherwise the legislation must simply bear a rational relationship to a legitimate governmental interest

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