Wood County v. Board of Vocational, Technical & Adult Education

This entire controversy pertains to the adjudication of the extent of the authority of the board to order the questioned merger of Districts 14 and 15. As we view it, two issues are involved:

1. Did the board’s power to order alterations in vocational districts include the power to merge those districts ?

2. If so, did the board have statutory authority on June 20, 1972, to order the merger of those districts on its own initiative, or was the power limited to approving or disapproving requests for alterations from the local district boards?

After the board had performed the function of assigning…