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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled last week that three districts could not legally challenge a 2004 decision that approved a charter school. The districts had sued the Massachusetts Board of Education and the Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School, claiming the state illegally granted the school a charter. The court ruled that districts cannot seek judicial review of the granting of a charter, that the 1993 state law governing charter schools does not allow for court challenges, and that the granting of charters would become a much more combative process if school districts could sue the state every time they opposed a charter school. Heidi Guarino of the state Department of Education said the court decision supports the work that the board has done in reviewing and granting charter applications. "Bottom line - the court agreed that the board was right and did the right thing," she said.
Source: Metro West Daily News
Date: 03/24/2007
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