McGowan v. State

Initiative 732 provides for annual cost-of-living increases for school district employees. At issue is whether the initiative mandates cost-of-living increases for all school district employees and, if so, whether it requires the State itself to fund cost-of-living increases for all district employees, or only for those employees that are state-funded as part of the State’s constitutional duty to provide basic education. The superior court ruled that a cost-of-living increase is required for all school district employees but the State is required to fund the increase only for the state-funded…