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Schools Matter: CA Charter Facilities Ruling

Schools Matter: CA Charter Facilities Ruling

CA Charter Facilities Ruling

From the Courthouse News Service:
Court OK's Law on Use of Public School Facilities
By JEFF D. GORMAN
(CN) - A California appeals court upheld a state law requiring public schools to share their facilities with charter school students.

The California School Boards Association and three other educational groups took the State Board of Education to court to challenge Proposition 39, which voters approved in 2000.

Among other things, Proposition 39 required public schools to share their facilities with students