Legal Opinion
Vergara v. State
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided April 14, 2016No. B258589PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoren, P.J.
In this lawsuit, nine students who were attending California public schools sued the State of California and several state officials, seeking a court order declaring various provisions of California's Education Code unconstitutional. According to plaintiffs, these provisions, which govern how K-12 public school teachers obtain tenure, how they are dismissed, and how they are laid off on the basis of seniority, violate the California Constitution's guarantee that all citizens enjoy the "equal protection of the laws." (Cal. Const., art. I, § 7, subd. (a).) The matter went to trial. After…
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