This morning, PLF filed this letter brief asking the California Supreme Court to review the court of appeal’s decision in California Charter Schools Association v. Los Angeles Unified School District. The case has to do with how charter schools are supposed to be treated when school districts are allocating facilities. In California, cha ...
We learned some great news this afternoon as the California Supreme Court agreed to hear California Charter School Association v. LASUD. You can read all about the case — and PLF’s brief to the Supreme Court — here. This will be the first time that the California Supreme Court has interpreted Proposition 39, California ...
An editorial in Saturday’s Washington Post demonstrates that the denial of charter school equity is a nationwide problem. The article reports that, on average, charter schools receive $13,000 less per pupil than their system run competitors. For example, in D.C., where charter schools are legally entitled to be treated on an equal footing ...
For the second consecutive year, PLF is celebrating Back to School Choice Week. All this week on the Liberty Blog we will be discussing cases that PLF is working on that give parents and students a choice in where and how their child is educated. School choice has many forms including charter schools, vouchers, and education … ...
As kids across America head back to school it seems like the perfect time for Pacific Legal Foundation to celebrate Back to School Choice Week. The school choice movement has been under way for decades, and some states have made tremendous progress. But we still have much to do, as nothing is more important for a parent … ...
On Wednesday, PLF attorneys attended the California Supreme Court argument in California Charter Schools Association v. Los Angeles Unified School District. Fortunately for us, the California Supreme Court was meeting in Sacramento this week, so we could just walk a couple blocks to the courtroom. And for school choice advocates like us, it wa ...