Los Angeles County v. Kirk

This is an application for a writ of mandate compelling the superintendent of public instruction of the state, in making his apportionment of the state school fund to the various counties, to include and consider as a part of the average daily attendance of the schools of plaintiff the attendance of children between the ages of four and five years, who have been regularly admitted to the kindergarten classes established by the educational authorities of certain cities of plaintiff county. It appears from the petition that defendant proposes to include the attendance on such classes of…