SIMONS v. LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DIST. NO. ONE

No. 87-46.

741 P.2d 1116 (1987)

Lynn SIMONS, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in her official capacity, and Barbara Rogers, in her official capacity, Michael A. McName, in his official capacity, Carwin Linford, in his official capacity, John Patton, in his official capacity, Patricia M. Lauber, in her official capacity, Everett Kilmer, in his official capacity, Cynthia Boyhan, in her official capacity, and Glenn Engelking, in his official capacity as Members of the State Board of Education, Appellants (Defendants), v. LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, State of Wyoming By and Through its Duly Elected Trustees, Jean Cotton, in her official capacity, Don Herber, in his official capacity, Keith Rounds, in his official capacity, Richard Brown, in his official capacity, Art Mercer, in his official capacity, Al Atkins, in his official capacity, Gladys Frentheway, in her official capacity, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., and Rowena L. Heckert, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellants.

Paul J. Hickey of Rooney, Bagley, Hickey, Evans & Statkus, Cheyenne, for appellees.

Before BROWN, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT and MACY, JJ.


URBIGKIT, Justice.

The Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the members of the State Board of Education appeal a trial-court decision determining that a statute was unconstitutional which reduced state educational funding for a specific school district because the county assessor allegedly under-assessed in that county, consequently reducing local resource contributions within the total funding formulae. In the declaratory judgment proceeding, by...

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