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Lawyers for the Tulsa School District have filed suit against the state Education Department seeking to have the statute that permits charter schools in Oklahoma declared unconstitutional. They claim the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act of 1999 violates the state constitution because it singles out which school districts are required to allow charter schools. The law requires districts to consider charter schools only if the district has more than 5,000 students. Under the original law, however, two districts (Norman and Yukon) were made exempt, although they have more than 5,000 students. Tulsa School District spokeswoman Tami Marler said the objective of the lawsuit is not to shut down charter schools. "This is not an anti-charter suit," Livingood said. "We have three charter schools - all performing well. This is not aimed at them." Although district officials say the lawsuit's intent is to have all districts treated the same, not to shut down the district's charters, school district attorney Doug Mann said charters statewide would be forced to close if the lawsuit succeeds.
Source: The Oklahoman
Date: 12/29/2007
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