May 27, 2013 10:08 PM UTC

Colorado Supreme Court Rules Against Lobato Plaintiffs

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: FOX 31's Eli Stokols, who had the story first:

“This ruling is a devastating blow to the children of Colorado,” said Kathy Gebhardt, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, in a statement to FOX31 Denver Monday. “Today the Court closed its doors to the children of Colorado. The court has bowed out, so the constitution cannot provide these children with any protection. The Court said that we must now trust our politicians to address the acknowledged and enormous resource needs of children throughout the state.

“It is difficult to imagine how the judges could read the facts found by the trial court below and find that the system meets the constitution’s “thorough and uniform” requirement,” Gebhardt continued. “The trial court found after a five-week trial that Colorado’s school finance system was so inadequate and inequitable that it was not just unconstitutional but unconscionable."

Here's the text of the ruling.

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We're accidentally made aware this holiday, as 9NEWS reports:

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the state in a landmark education lawsuit.

9News has confirmed the court ruled in a 4 to 2 decision that state education funding is constitutional, even though per student spending is more than $2,000 below the national average…

The court was supposed to officially announce its decision Tuesday, but the ruling was posted on the Supreme Court's website Monday before it was quickly taken down.

A ruling with enormous significance, and we're not doing justice on such short notice. We'll update shortly.