Gridley Rural High-School District No. 2 v. Board of County Commissioners

The appendix to the Kansas School Laws, 1937, issued by the state superintendent, shows that on that date there were forty counties operating under the Barnes act, twenty-three counties operating under the community high-school law, and that thirty-nine counties were designated as tuition counties.

The statutes provide different rates for high-school tuition. In all counties operating under the provisions of sections 72-3801, 72-3802 and 79-1960, commonly known as “tuition counties,” the rate of tuition is three dollars per week. The rate of tuition in counties operating under the Barnes law,…