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348 regardless of the result of reassessment, the fatal flaw in the distribution method under the present system would still exist.

Appellants point out that the appellee districts are not voting the same level of millage as the appellant districts. The record shows otherwise, however, and the average millage of the appellee districts is equal to and in some cases higher than that of the appellant districts. Appellants contend that the income level of appellee districts is higher and they would need to raise their millage level considerably to put them at the same "pain threshold" as that of the appellant districts. Appellants also point to Amendment 40 of the constitution which they claim requires all districts to levy taxes for needed funds before the district can request additional aid from the state. The appellees, they claim, have not first met this burden.

Appellants' claim that the complaining districts are all of higher income levels is unsustained except for general allegations and unsupported by any statistical proof: We