Opinion No. (1979)

REQUESTED BY: Dear Senator Johnson:

You have asked us two questions with respect to Amendment No. 6 appearing on page 1264 of the Legislative Journal, Eighty-sixth Legislature, First Session, 1979. You point out that the amendment exempts from the limitation imposed by LB 285 the increased costs of electricity and other fuels purchased by elementary and secondary schools.

In your first question you ask whether or not this violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as being an unreasonable classification. We refer you to our Opinion No.…