In its opinion this morning in California Charter Schools Association v. Los Angeles Unified School District, the Supreme Court addresses an education law issue that the court says has “been the subject of considerable litigation.” The issue is how to determine whether charter school students have access to facilities — in this case, the number of classrooms — that are “reasonably equivalent” to those available to other public school students. The court finds fault with classroom-counting formulas advocated by both parties and specifies an evaluation method to be used in the future.
The court’s unanimous opinion is authored by Justice Goodwin Liu. It reverses the Second District, Division Five, of the Court of Appeal.
