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...In a 5-0 decision, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s private school voucher law, the “Choice Scholarship Program”, passes muster under the state constitution.
Continue reading...The Alexandria Town Talk reports that the Louisiana Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in a suit brought by opponents of the state’s private school voucher program, including the Louisiana School Boards Association, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, and the Louisiana Association of Educators.
Continue reading...On March 18, 2013, NSBA filed an amicus curaie brief in Louisiana Federation of Teachers v. State of Louisiana, now before the Louisiana Supreme Court, which will review a lower court’s decision as to whether the state’s private school voucher program violates state constitutional provisions governing the annual education funding formula.
Continue reading...The Indianapolis Star reports that the Indiana Supreme Court has heard arguments in the suit seeking to overturn the State’s school voucher program.
Continue reading...The California Supreme Court has ruled that a student who was the victim of sexual abuse by a high school guidance counselor has stated a valid cause of action against a school district for vicarious liability based on the district’s supervisory and administrative employees’ negligent hiring, supervising, and retention of the guidance counselor.
Continue reading...According to the Hartford Courant, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the state violated the law when it disbanded the city of Bridgeport’s elected board of education last summer and replaced it with an appointed board.
Continue reading...The Illinois Supreme Court, having accepted two certified questions of law from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (IL, IN, WI), ruled, in a 5-2 split, that two provisions of the Illinois School Codedo not confer upon laid-off tenured teachers in Chicago (1) the right to be rehired after an economic layoff, or (2) the right to certain procedures during the rehiring process.
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