Baston v. Ricci

This case is another of the many arising from the long-continuing problem of providing local education under a system in which the local boards of education are charged with the duty of maintaining good public elementary and secondary schools (General Statutes § 10-220) but are dependent for the funds necessary to perform this duty upon the appropriation of funds by the municipalities or one of their boards. The almost inevitable conflict is apparent in the number of cases *524which have come before this court for adjudication. See, inter alia, Waterbury Teachers Assn. v. Furlong, 162 Conn. 390,…