Court Opinion

ID: 7823621
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-07 18:02:03.032982+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:30:48.231446
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam.  A Writ of Prohibition is granted. The action filed by the Bright Star Independent School District in the Chancery Court of Miller County is an appeal from a decision by an administrative agency, the Arkansas State Board of Education. Such appeals are governed by the Administrative Procedure Act, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 5-701 through § 5-715 (Repl. 1976 and Supp. 1985).  The Quality Education Act of 198 3 provides appeals from rulings by the State Board of Education may be made to a “court of competent jurisdiction.” Ark. Stat. Ann. § 80-4606. We deem that court to be the circuit court. See § 5-713(b)(1). Therefore the chancery court does not have jurisdiction to entertain this suit. Writ granted.