Durant v. Department of Education

ON SECOND REMAND

Before: Danhof, C.J., and Gillis and Mackenzie, JJ. Danhof, C.J.

Plaintiffs brought the instant action for mandamus in this Court, seeking to compel defendants to fund the Fitzgerald Public Schools in the same portion as those schools were funded in the fiscal year 1978-79, pursuant to Const 1963, art 9, §§ 25-34, more commonly referred to as the Headlee Amendment. We refused to issue the requested writ on the ground that plaintiffs had not exhausted their administrative remedies because they had failed to first obtain a decision before the local government claims review board…