Ruthven Consolidated School District v. Emmetsburg Community School District

HARRIS, Justice.

This declaratory judgment action seeks a determination that defendants were not “school districts affected by the organization” of a new school district. The answer will control whether the two defendant school districts can participate in a proceed ing to divide the assets and liabilities of a former district. A preliminary question is whether necessary administrative remedies were exhausted. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

A former school district, the Ayrshire Consolidated School District, went out of existence and its area was divided among three adjoining…