BLUE SPRINGS R-IV SCH. DIST. v. SCH. DIST.

No. SC 92932.

415 S.W.3d 110 (2013)

BLUE SPRINGS R-IV SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Petitioners, Mark Cromwell and James Bradshaw, Respondents/Cross-Appellants, Ronald Hammons, Misty Rigdon, Jacque Gragg, Spencer D. Fields, and Phillip Holloway, Respondents. v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, Respondent (Cir. Ct.), State of Missouri, Attorney General Chris Koster, and Missouri State Board of Education, Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Andrew Hirth , Thomas D. Smith , Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, for The State, Attorney General and State Board of Education.

Duane A. Martin , Columbia, Rachel B. England , Kansas City, Guin Martin Mundorf LLC, for The taxpayers.


LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Taxpayers in five school districts sued the Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) and the State of Missouri alleging they are accredited school districts that are required by section 167.1311 to accept transfer of students who reside in the unaccredited Kansas City school district. They assert this requirement violates the Hancock Amendment to the Missouri Constitution, Mo. Const., art. X, §§ 16, 21...

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