Douglas Independent School District No. 3 of Meade v. Bell

MORGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the circuit court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit apportioning approximately 40% of the un-obligated balance in the Meade County High School Tuition Fund to the Douglas Independent School District (Douglas) pursuant to SDCL 13-28-33.1 and SDCL 13-28-33.2. Appellant, Meade Independent School District (Meade) contends that the statutory method of distribution utilized is unconstitutional and, alternatively, that if said method is constitutional, it was not properly interpreted. We affirm.

In 1947 the South Dakota Legislature authorized the…