REHOBOTH, Mass. (WJAR) — The Town of Rehoboth has filed a civil suit against the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District over ongoing financial issues between the school district and the town.

The suit filed Tuesday argues the school district has violated its agreement with the the Town of Rehoboth by failing to supply financial records.

The litigation was filed after the school district argued it needed for funding from the town to properly fund the school for the current school year.

The town argues that for the past five years, the school's proposed budget is above the the state minimum set by the department of education and that it has a burden on its taxpayers.

"To preserve the integrity and stability of its educational institutions for the imminent 2019-2020 school year, the Town (Rehoboth) was compelled and thus once again coerced to stipulate most of the district's unreasonable and disparate budgetary and assessment demands," the suit reads.

The town also said the district has used political tactics to get its budget demands, claiming the district has caused a public uproar by alleging if the Town of Rehoboth did not cede to the budget demands that the student's extra curricular activities and teaching positions would be cut.

According to the suit, the town alleges that the district has denied requests for financial records and by doing so "reinforced the Town's concerns that the finances of the district are, and have been mismanaged, and evidence of such is now being purposefully concealed by the district."

The Town is asking a judge to force the school district to turn over financial records dating back from the 2012-2013 school and year and to cooperate with a financial audit.

The lawsuit comes after the school district said if additional funding from taxpayers were not received that sports and teaching positions would likely have been eliminated.

The town and the district were able to work out an emergency agreement to sustain funding for the fall season.

Dighton-Rehoboth Superintendent Dr. Anthony Azar and school committee chair Katherine Cooper, who are named in the lawsuit, both said they received the lawsuit Wednesday afternoon and forwarded to the school district's attorney.