Board of Education of Unified School District No. 443 v. Kansas State Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is an appeal by Unified School District No. 443 (USD 443), Ford County, Kansas. USD 443 asserts that the 1987 amendment to K.S.A. 72-8230 unlawfully impairs its right to unilaterally terminate its participation in an interlocal cooperative agreement with 15 other school districts. The statute at issue extended an interlocal agreement between the districts that terminated by its own terms in 1989. USD 443 argues that the amended statute violates both the United States and Kansas Constitutions.

I. BACKGROUND

Both Kansas and federal law…