Board of Education v. Rogers

This is a submitted controversy. The question involved is the power of the municipal officials of the city of White Plains to reduce or limit the annual estimate or budget of the Board of Education of said city.

The Board of Education prepared a budget for the year 1938. After adoption of this budget by the Board the Mayor, by written communication to the Common Council, recommended reductions in the amounts fixed by the Board for salaries in each of the four classifications, administrative, supervision and teaching, school libraries, and school health service. The total reductions amounted to…