Opinion No. Oag 60-79, (1979)

EDWIN FISHER, District Attorney Washburn County

Your predecessor advised that prior to a recent school district referendum election within your county, the local school board involved mailed a "fact sheet" to the resident electors of the school district concerning the issue which was the subject of the referendum vote. The fact sheet "purported to merely state the facts pertinent to the construction of a new elementary school building within the District." He inquired whether the school board of such a school district, which informs the electorate of facts pertinent to such a public issue,…