State Ex Rel. Board of Education v. Manchin

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This case is before this Court upon a writ of mandamus wherein the petitioners, the Boards of Education of Grant and Ritchie counties, maintain that W. Va. Code, 18A-4-5 [1985], the statute implemented to assist the State in achieving salary equity among the teachers and service personnel of all counties statewide, is unconstitutional. 1 The petitioners further assert that they are entitled to receive state support in order to maintain the minimum salary requirements for teachers and service personnel set forth in W. Va. Code, 18A-4-2 and 18A-4-8a, as amended, despite…