League of Women Voters of Washington v. State

¶1 — This case is a direct review of a King County Superior Court decision that found certain portions of Initiative 1240 (1-1240) (Charter School Act or Act), codified at chapter 28A.710 RCW, unconstitutional but left *398the remainder of the Act standing. We hold that the provisions of 1-1240 that designate and treat charter schools as common schools violate article IX, section 2 of our state constitution and are void. This includes the Act’s funding provisions, which attempt to tap into and shift a portion of moneys allocated for common schools to the new charter schools authorized by the Act.…