A six justice majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court, with one justice dissenting, has ruled that the state’s means of funding its statewide private school voucher program violates the state constitution.
Continue reading...Teachers at schools run by the United Neighborhood Organization, one of the largest charter school networks in Chicago, voted Wednesday to unionize through affiliation with the American Federation of Teachers.
Continue reading...The News & Observer reports that the North Carolina State Board of Education plans to vote on a special application for virtual schools that want to run public charters and receive taxpayer money.
Continue reading...According to The Oregonian, Tim King and Norm Donohoe, who ran a chain of taxpayer-funded charter schools across small-town Oregon from their headquarters in Clackamas, have scammed the state out of $17 million and must repay that plus $2.7 million more, the state said in a recent court filing.
Continue reading...The California Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District, has ruled that the Los Angeles Unified School District did not violate Prop 39, which requires public school districts to share their facilities fairly among all public school pupils, including those in charter schools, when it used norming ratios to determine appropriate classroom space for charter schools.
Continue reading...The Courthouse News Service reports that a charter school fired three teachers “immediately” after they testified in a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency.
Continue reading...The San Bernardino County Sun reports that a group of parents have filed suit against the Adelanto Elementary School District (AESD) in Victorville Superior Court, claiming the district improperly rejected petitions demanding that a failing school be replaced with a charter school.
Continue reading...According to the Westport News, the board of Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, a charter school that has fought claims that it improperly promoted religion, has voted to end its legal battle to overturn the decision by the Minnesota Department Education (MDE) to close the school.
Continue reading...The Idaho State Board of Education (IBOE) has upheld the Idaho Public Charter School Commission’s (IPCSC) 4-3 decision to revoke Nampa Classical Academy’s (NCA) charter, reports KTVB 7. IBOE stated that NCA’s ongoing financial problems were the basis for the revocation.
Continue reading...In a non-precedential decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a federal district court’s denial of special education student’s motion for a preliminary injunction ordering a school district to pay for the student’s private school placement during pendency of the suit to determine if the placement was appropriate under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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