An Opportunity to Learn: Engaging in the Praxis of School Finance Policy and Civil Rights

School finance disparity continues to pervade the schooling pipeline. Few solutions exist that reduce inequity across the United States, and research has contextualized the historical struggle for equity as existing in large part due to school funding policies that rely heavily on local level tax levies to support public schooling. Furthermore, race-based stratification that divides school districts, and thus divides school district funding, privileges higher income White districts over lower-income BIPOC districts. To address the persistent school finance disparity, in this Article we examine school finance research and litigation epistemology. We posit that resource availability is a civil right and argue that school funding equity is necessary to resolve challenges impacting BIPOC communities. Finally, we explore an opportunity-to-learn framework as a meaningful solution to mitigating disparity.