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Opinion No. (1984)

Missouri Attorney General Reports

Decided February 8, 1984Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear Senator Tinnin:

This letter is in response to your question asking:

Does Missouri State law provide a mechanism for "deconsolidating" a school district? May a portion of a reorganized school district be severed, and recognized as a separate school district?

This question arose from the following facts, as stated in your opinion request:

Sometime during the 1950s, the Portageville School District, in New Madrid County, merged with five surrounding school districts to form the Portageville Reorganized District.

During 1968-1969, the Portageville Reorganized District merged with the New Madrid…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Spiking School District No. 71 v. Purported "Enlarged School District R-IISupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  2. State ex inf. Conkling v. SweaneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
  3. State ex inf. McGinnis ex rel. Kemble v. Consolidated School District No. 3Supreme Court of Missouri · 1919

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