Cobb

A hearing was granted in this case after decision by the District Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District. Upon further consideration we are satisfied with the correctness of the conclusion reached therein, and we therefore adopt the following opinion of Mr. Justice Thompson, as modified by said court, as the opinion of this court:

“The defendant Blanche T. Reynolds appealed from a judgment enjoining her, as Superintendent of Schools of Ventura County, from apportioning or transferring funds belonging to the several union high school districts which have been joined as plaintiffs in this proceeding, to compensate the Ventura Union High School District as tuition for certain pupils residing outside the last-mentioned district. The appellant contends that it is her duty, as Superintendent of Schools of Ventura County, in the absence of an agreement between the districts involved, to fix the terms and apportion the funds of the respective high school districts so as to authorize eligible pupils residing in the plaintiffs’ districts to attend the Ventura Union High School District. The defendant’s action in that regard is justified by her under the provisions of sections 3.301 and…