Welsch v. Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education

KAROHL, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, appeals an order of the St. Louis County Circuit Court ordering it to issue a certificate of approval for plaintiffs’ proposed sheltered “workshop without walls” program. Appellant alleges among other claims that the circuit court erred in denying appellant’s motion to dismiss for lack of venue. We agree and reverse.

On July 18,1985, William V. Welsch submitted an “Initial Application for a Hearing on the Establishment of a Sheltered Workshop” to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to…