State ex rel. Board of Education v. Rockefeller

Miller, Justice:

In this original mandamus, the relators1 seek to compel the Governor2 to restore a 2% cut in the expenditures authorized by the Legislature for public education in the 1981 fiscal year. The expenditure cut was ordered by the Governor on April 2, 1981, in a memorandum addressed to all State government agencies. The memorandum made a general reference to the adverse effect on the General Revenue Fund resulting from the 1981 coal strike.3 The memorandum required a 2% reduction in the overall expenditures, which was stated to require an approximate 10% reduction in fourth quarter…