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Lawsuit decided on eighth-grade algebra
- 05-03-2010
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By Marsha Sutton/San Diego News Network
The California School Boards Association won the appeal in its 2008 lawsuit against the State Board of Education, which was filed over the SBE’s decision to mandate Algebra I for all eighth graders in California. On April 30, the Third District Court of Appeal supported CSBA’s position and declared that the SBE had violated the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act by failing to give adequate notice of its intended action and violating the state’s open-meeting laws. According to CSBA, “SBE had conceded to the court that it had violated the open meeting law and as a result, the court held that the SBE’s action mandating Algebra I for all eighth graders was null and void.” (more...)
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