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SCHMIDT v. DEP'T. OF EDUCATION

Docket No. 90858, (Calendar No. 11).

441 Mich. 236 (1992)

490 N.W.2d 584

SCHMIDT v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardy, Lewis, Pollard & Page, P.C. (by Dennis R. Pollard), for the plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Gay Secor Hardy, Solicitor General, and Paul J. Zimmer and Jane D. Woodfin, Assistant Attorneys General, for the defendants.

Amici Curiae:

Hardy, Lewis, Pollard & Page, P.C. (by Dennis R. Pollard and Richard E. Kroopnick), for Donald Durant, Jack Kennedy, Hillary Kutella, Edward Rishavy: Taxpayers of the Fitzgerald School District, and Fitzgerald Public Schools.

Sachs, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C. (by Theodore Sachs, Eileen Nowikowski, and Andrew Nickelhoff), for Detroit Federation of Teachers.

White, Beekman, Przybylowicz, Schneider & Baird, P.C. (by Cynthia Williams Irwin), for Michigan Education Association.

BOYLE, J.

The question presented is the proper interpretation of the first sentence of § 29 of the Headlee Amendment, Const 1963, art 9, §§ 25-34. The question arises against a backdrop of complex issues including equitable school financing, the intricacies involved in state school aid formulas, and the fiscal problems of the state. These underlying issues shape the arguments of the parties and amicus curiae and color their perspective. However, mindful...

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