Arizona judge rules state leaders aren't properly funding education needs

PHOENIX — Arizona educators are celebrating a historic victory after an eight-year, $2-billion lawsuit.

A Maricopa County judge says Arizona isn’t properly funding capital needs for its public schools, calling it unconstitutional.

In Judge Dewain Fox's 114-page ruling, the judge included several pictures of damaged roofs, cracked floors and peeling walls from various schools across Arizona to emphasize how some districts "languish with substandard facilities for years."

"After carefully and thoroughly reviewing the record and considering the parties’ arguments, the Court concludes that the current public-school capital finance system does not meet the constitutional minimum standards established by the Arizona Supreme Court," the judge wrote.

But, this probably isn’t the end just yet.