Adair v. State of Michigan

Plaintiffs 1 bring this original taxpayer action to enforce §§ 25 and 29 of the Headlee Amendment, Const 1963, art 9, §§ 25 to 34. Plaintiffs allege that the Legislature violated the Headlee Amendment by failing to appropriate sufficient funds to reimburse the school districts of this state for the necessary costs associated with the districts’ compliance with the re-cordkeeping requirements of the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI). 2 Accord ing to plaintiffs, the legislative appropriations for the 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015 school years are tens of millions…