Durant v. Department of Education

Plaintiffs seek mandamus to compel defendants to fund the Fitzgerald Public Schools in the same proportion those schools were funded in fiscal year 1978-1979, pursuant to the so-called Headlee Amendment, Const 1963, art 9, §§ 25-34.

Plaintiffs claim that the state has provided for a smaller percentage of operating revenues for general public education in the Fitzgerald Public Schools, in addition to special education and driver education, than is required under the Headlee Amendment. Defendants deny that less money has been provided and dispute plaintiffs’ standing to bring this suit. This…