In Georgia, court ruling could close some charter schools

05-17-2011

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

A ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday cast doubt on the future of 17 charter schools there, leaving thousands of families uncertain about whether classes will continue through the end of the academic year and how students will continue in the fall. In a 4-to-3 decision, the Georgia court struck down a law empowering a special statewide commission to approve and finance charter schools even over the objections of local school boards. National charter school advocates, who had closely watched the case, said they feared the ruling could encourage a new wave of litigation against charter schools, which are publicly financed but independently run. Since the law established it in 2008, the Georgia Charter School Commission had authorized operations and public financing for 17 schools, officials said. (more...)

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