Southern Corrections Systems Inc. v. Union City Public Schools

¶ 1 This cause concerns Union City Public School District’s contract with Southern Correctional Systems, Inc., to provide educational services to a juvenile correctional facility. The agreement provided for the facility’s costs to be reduced by an amount equal to the funds the school district received from State aid which was attributable to the children residing at the facility. 1 The determinative issue presented is whether the Okla. Const, art. 10, § 26 2 which prohibits school districts from using income from one fiscal year to pay obligations incurred in another fiscal year, precludes…