Covington v. Prairie County Board of Education

Minor W. Mill wee, Justice.

On March 1,1949, there were three school districts in Prairie County having more than 350 pupils as reflected by the 1948 school enumeration and eleven districts having less than that number. By Initiated Act No. 1 of 1948 (Ark. Stats., §§ 80-426— 80-429) a new school district was created on June 1, 1949, composed of the territory included in the eleven small districts. Acting under provisions of the initiated act, the Prairie County Board of Education on June 1, 1949, determined that all portions of the new district could be served more effectively by annexation of…