Board of Trustees v. Bakalis

Plaintiff brought this action for a writ of mandamus against defendants to compel payment of *2,502,538.77 allegedly due plaintiff as credit hour grants under section 2 — 16 of the Public Community College Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 122, par. 102 — 16). The trial court granted summary judgment for the plaintiff, and defendants appeal from that judgment. On appeal, defendants maintain that these funds cannot be distributed to the plaintiff as credit hour grants because the express approval of both the Comptroller and the Department for this expenditure has not been obtained as required by…