State ex rel. Bonham v. Bonebrake

HOGAN, Judge.

In this mandamus action the relators sought construction and enforcement of § 163.031(9), RSMo (Supp.1973), which read in pertinent part as follows:

“[A] school district shall spend for teachers’ salaries each year at least eighty percent of the state school funds received under this section that year as provided by section 163.061 and as much of the revenue produced by local tax levies as was spent for teachers’ salaries the previous year . . .”

Contending that the respondent school district had improperly “commingled” funds received as school foundation money with funds…