El Centro de la Raza v. State

WIGGINS, J. (dissenting)

¶ 80 Suppose our legislature enacted a law providing that for an act of the governor to become effective, the action must be ratified by a commission of 10 appointed officials. There is no doubt such a law would be unconstitutional. But that is the situation we have in the state charter school act-with respect to charter schools, the constitutional responsibility of the superintendent of public instruction to supervise all matters pertaining to public schools has been largely reassigned to the state commission on charter schools, "an independent state agency." RCW…