Cal. School Bds. Assn. v. State of Cal.

Summary

The court held that statutes directing school districts to use previously unrestricted state education funding to offset the costs of two existing state mandates do not facially violate the constitutional mandate-reimbursement requirement. The Legislature has broad authority to determine how to fund existing mandates, and the Constitution does not require new or additional revenue as the exclusive method of reimbursement. The court also held that the statutes did not violate separation of powers because they modified reimbursement procedures without negating the underlying mandate determinations.