Board of School Inspectors v. State

Claimant seeks an award of $3,621.12 as the balance due it for the excess cost of educating twenty-six crippled children in School District No. 150, Peoria County, Illinois, for the year 1934-1935.

There is no dispute as to the material facts. The claim is based on expenditures incurred under authority of “An Act to Enable School Districts and Boards of Education to establish and maintain classes and schools for crippled children” approved June 19, 1923, in force July 1, 1923. Section 685f of the said Act (Smith-Hurd Illinois Revised Statutes 1939, Chapter 122, page 3010) reads:

“The aggregate…