Adair v. State

This original taxpayer action is brought pursuant to the provisions of the Headlee Amendment, Const 1963, art 9, §§ 25 through 34. The action addresses the parameters of the state’s funding obligations under the second sentence of § 29 of the amendment — commonly referred to as the “prohibition of unfunded mandates” or POUM provision — and Proposal A, Const 1963, art 9, § 11. Our Supreme Court held that the state violated the POUM provision when it required plaintiff school districts to collect, maintain, and report to the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) certain…