· 11/19/1990
Magnolia School District No. 14 v. Arkansas State Board of Education
Citations
- 799 S.W.2d 791
- 303 Ark. 666
- 1990 Ark. LEXIS 541
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that expenditure of school funds must be \confined to public schools\ and \absolutely necessary\ for proper maintenance of the school in the discretion of the directors.
- noting that this court will not order the State Treasurer to refund money already spent, as such an action would amount to a suit against the State
- declining to apply strict scrutiny in equal protection challenge to state's payment of federally-ordered costs in school desegregation cases
- payment of court-ordered attorneys fees for desegregation not an unlawful diversion of school funds under art. 14, § 2
- payment of certain federally mandated costs of desegregation cases and related attorney's fees
- moneys spent to further Pulaski County desegregation not unconstitutional diversion
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Judges: Sam H. Boyce
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