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Geaux Teacher!: LFT LAWSUIT CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LEGISLATION

Geaux Teacher!: LFT LAWSUIT CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LEGISLATION:


LFT LAWSUIT CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LEGISLATION

Louisiana Federation of Teachers 

LFT lawsuits challenge Jindal’s education package


(Baton Rouge - June 7, 2012) Challenging the legality of Governor Bobby Jindal’s signature education initiatives, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers today filed two lawsuits in Baton Rouge’s 19th Judicial District Court asking to have Acts 1 and 2 of the 2012 legislative session set aside.

“In the haste to steamroll these bills through the legislature, the Constitution was often treated like little more than a list of inconvenient suggestions,” Federation President Steve Monaghan said. “The passage of these laws