What the court ruling on charter schools means for the state of Washington, so far
We all know what it’s like reading a legal document, even when read by an attorney. Well, one attorney who has been folllowing the case provided us with their interpretation of the judge’s ruling in plain English.
1) Charter schools can’t get money for construction funds because they are not “common schools” because they are privately managed and are not under the supervision of elected board, no money.
The question immediately comes up about levies that have been approved by Seattle. Seattleites have been very generous with providing additional funding for our schools and recently the local ed/corporate reform crowd has been sweating bullets over getting levy money approved by the voters. It was always my suspicion that it was all about the charters and not about the children with this moneyed crowd.
2) The court decided that the law removes OSPI supervisory authority which in the state of Washington could be considered unconstitutional but needs to reach the