Charter schools sue LA district over insufficient teaching space
The California Charter Schools Association is accusing the Los Angeles Unified School District of failing to provide adequate facilities to house dozens of charter schools, as required under state law.
According to a lawsuit filed Monday, only 45 out of 81 charter schools have been approved for facilities. None of the buildings approved comply with the law's requirements, the Charter School Association says. This is the second time in three years that charters have sued LAUSD for breaching Proposition 39, which gives charters the right to access district facilities. LAUSD settled a similar lawsuit with CCSA that was filed in May 2007.
Another lawsuit looms over state's method of funding schools
According to a lawsuit filed Monday, only 45 out of 81 charter schools have been approved for facilities. None of the buildings approved comply with the law's requirements, the Charter School Association says. This is the second time in three years that charters have sued LAUSD for breaching Proposition 39, which gives charters the right to access district facilities. LAUSD settled a similar lawsuit with CCSA that was filed in May 2007.
Another lawsuit looms over state's method of funding schools
The Schwarzenegger administration has 20 days to fix the state's school-funding system before another group of education advocates files suit.
Last Thursday, a broad coalition, involving the Campaign for Quality Education, Californians for Justice, and the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, delivered a letter to the governor's office warning of thepending legal action.
The CQE's letter coincided with a separate filing in Alameda County by several school districts, the California School Boards Association and more than 60 individual students and their families.
The suit, called Robles-Wong, et al. v. State of California, asks the court to compel the state to align its school
Last Thursday, a broad coalition, involving the Campaign for Quality Education, Californians for Justice, and the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, delivered a letter to the governor's office warning of thepending legal action.
The CQE's letter coincided with a separate filing in Alameda County by several school districts, the California School Boards Association and more than 60 individual students and their families.
The suit, called Robles-Wong, et al. v. State of California, asks the court to compel the state to align its school