Bromberek School District No. 65 v. Sanders

Plaintiff-appellant, Bromberek School District No. 65, appeals from the circuit court’s affirmance of the administrative decision of defendant Ted Sanders, the State Superintendent of Education (Sanders), approving a petition to consolidate two elementary school districts. On appeal plaintiff contends that: (1) Sanders lacked jurisdiction to consider the petition to combine school districts; (2) Sanders’ decision was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; (3) Sanders’ decision was erroneous as a matter of law; (4) the petition to combine school districts failed to comply with…