(1) eliminates the current state formula for distributing aid to New York City; (2) determines, to the extent possible, the actual costs of the resources needed to provide the opportunity for a sound basic education in all school districts in the State; (3) ensures that at a minimum every school district has the necessary funds to provide an opportunity for a sound basic education to all of its students. While the foregoing may not guarantee that the opportunity of a basic education will be available to all the children in the State, they are necessary steps in that direction. In sum, I join the decision of the Chief Judge, but the Constitution requires the State to do even more than is stated to ensure a sound basic education for all students. Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v State of New York No. 74 READ, J. (Dissenting): This case is not about whether education is important for the vitality of our democracy -- of course, it is. This case is not about whether the children who attend New York City's public schools require more than an eighth-grade education to meet the demands of today's world -- of course, they do. This case is not about whether New York City's public schools have too often failed to furnish our children the educational opportunities that they deserve -- of course, they have. These are obvious truths, universally acknowledged, which have lately spurred the most