Anderson v. Town of Randolph

The plaintiffs commenced an action in the Superior Court seeking a determination of the amount of the deficiency in the defendant’s appropriation of money for the support of its public schools. They also sought an order that the defendant provide funds in the amount of that deficiency plus twenty-five percent of that amount. G. L. c. 71, § 34. The trial judge erred in determining that the school committee failed to comply with G. L. c. 71, § 38N, by not informing the public that certain items in the committee’s proposed budget were subject to change and then concluding that this failure…