Board of Education v. Walters was an Ohio Supreme Court case in 1979 relating to the funding of primary and secondary schools in Ohio. The Court ruled that the method of funding public schools at the time was constitutional despite disparities in per-pupil education spending between different districts. Article VI of the Ohio Constitution states that the state must provide an "adequate system of public schools." The ruling overturned a previous trial court ruling that stated that the system of funding violated the Constitution of Ohio's requirement of providing a thorough and efficient system of public education. Board of Education v. Walters is considered one of the cases that played a role leading up to DeRolph v. State of Ohio in 1997, which eventually ruled that the model of funding fo