Case Name: SHAPIRO v. ANN ARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1968-12-19
Citations: 14 Mich. App. 738
Docket Number: Docket No. 6,430
Parties: SHAPIRO v. ANN ARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
Judges: Quinn, P. J., and T. G. Kavanagh and McGregor, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 14
Pages: 738–739

Head Matter:
SHAPIRO v. ANN ARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
Schools and School Districts—Residence in District—Right to Tuition—-Free Schooling—Purpose of Residence.
A child who does not live with his parents and who lives in a certain school district for educational purposes only, even though his parents could provide him with a suitable home at the place where they reside, is not entitled to tuition-free admittance to the public schools of the district where the child resides (CLS 1961, § 340.945).
Reference for Points in Headnote
47 Am Jur, Schools §§ 151, 152, 154.
Appeal from Washtenaw, Breakey (James R., Jr.), J.
Submitted Division 2 November 13, 1968, at Lansing.
(Docket No. 6,430.)
Decided December 19, 1968.
Complaint by Barbara Sbapiro against tbe City of Ann Arbor School District, a municipal corporation, and Scott Westerman, Jr., superintendent, for a writ of mandamus to require tbe admission of Claire Sbapiro, a minor, as a tuition-free student in tbe public schools of defendant school district. Writ denied. Plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
Douvan, Tammen, Harrington <& Carpenter, for plaintiff.
Roscoe O. Bonisteel and Roscoe O. Bonisteel, Jr., for defendants.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Claire Shapiro, age 17, was held to be a nonresident student by the Ann Arbor School Board, and refused tuition-free admittance. A mandamus action was brought by Barbara Shapiro, an older sister, a hearing was held, and judgment of no cause of action was entered October 7, 1968.
An appeal was taken, and a motion for emergency consideration was filed, which has been treated as a motion for earlier hearing under GCB 1963, 815.3.
We have reviewed the pleadings, the transcript of the trial, and the lower court opinion, and we are in accord with the findings of the trial judge that under the present school code provisions, CLS 1961, § 340.945 (Stat Ann 1968 Bev § 15.3945), it cannot be said that defendant School Board has acted arbitrarily and without just reason in refusing to enroll Claire Shapiro as a tuition-free student. We further find that Mr. Shapiro, the father, was able to provide a suitable home for Claire in the school district of his residence, and we find also that Claire is presently living in Ann Arbor for an educational purpose.
Affirmed.
Quinn, P. J., and T. G. Kavanagh and McGregor, JJ., concurred.
As amended. See 378 Mich Ixri.