Fred Trujillo estimates about half of the buildings housing the 13 schools in the Española Public School District are âantiquated.â The problem is the district doesnât have the funding to address those issues, said Trujillo, the districtâs superintendent. He was heartened, though, by 11th Judicial District Judge Louis DePauliâs ruling Tuesday that the stateâs funding system for school capital projects is unconstitutional. The judge ordered the state to develop a system that âdoes not create substantial disparities in capital funding among the school districts in New Mexico.â DePauli ruled in favor of the Zuni and Gallup-McKinley County school districts in their lawsuit against the state, which argued the funding system is neither uniform nor sufficient for all districts.