Rowles v. Board of Education

Citations

• 76 Kan. 361
• 91 P. 88
• 1907 Kan. LEXIS 267

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Public Schools — City of Wichita Governed by a Special Act • — Separate Schools. Chapter 227 of the Laws of 1889 is a special act, which by its terms makes full provision for the government of the public schools of the city of Wichita, a city of the first class. It renders all other provisions of the statute relating to public schools inapplicable to the public schools of Wichita, and it has not been amended or repealed and does not authorize the maintenance of separate schools for the education of white and colored children.</p> <p>2. - Authority of Board of Education — Exclusion of Colored Children. In the absence of statutory authority the board of education of the city of Wichita has no right to exclude a child, by reason only of its color, from any public school of the city.</p>