The funding formula for public education in Texas stands. The state supreme court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of funding for public education in a 9-0 decision in which the court opinion also called the financing system “a recondite scheme for which the word ‘Byzantine’ seems generous.” However, the court ruled that despite its imperfections, the funding system meets the minimum requirements set out in the state constitution. Llano ISD Superintendent Casey Callahan said he wa ...