Legal Opinion
Attorney General Opinion No.
Kansas Attorney General Reports
Decided December 14, 1999Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Ralph M. Tanner State Representative, 10th District 1201 9th Street, P.O. Box 647 Baldwin City, Kansas 66066
Dear Representative Tanner:
You request our opinion regarding whether a unified school district may expend funds to pay costs incurred by a plaintiff in a lawsuit when neither the State nor any of its political subdivisions is a complaining party.
Several plaintiffs, including two unified school districts, have filed suit in Federal District Court challenging the legality of portions of the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, K.S.A. 72-6405 et seq. It has…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gragg v. Unified School District No. 287Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1981
- National Education Ass'n v. Unified School District No. 259Supreme Court of Kansas · 1983
- Rose v. Board of Directors of School District No. 94Supreme Court of Kansas · 1947
- Joint Consolidated School District No. 2 ex rel. Engelhardt v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1947
- Superior Grade School District No. 110 v. RhodesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938
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