Board of Education v. Bakalis

In each of these cases plaintiff, Board of Education of School District No. 142, Cook County, upon allowance of a motion filed under Rule 302(b) (52 Ill.2d R. 302(b)), appeals directly to this court from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing its action for injunction and declaratory judgment. Although separately briefed and argued, the cases have been consolidated for opinion. In No. 45189, plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment that section 29 — 4 of the School Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 122, par. 29 — 4), which requires a school board to provide the same…