Legal Opinion
Jefferson County Board of Education v. Fell ex rel. L.F.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 2012No. 2011-SC-000658-DGEPublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Justice ABRAMSON.
The parents of fourteen Jefferson County schoolchildren brought this action claiming Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 159.070 grants their children a statutory right to attend the public school nearest their home. While the litigants have discussed extensively the particular student assignment plan adopted by the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), this case, from its inception, has raised solely an issue of statutory construction, an issue that is of consequence in all 120 counties of the Commonwealth. Having considered the language of KRS 159.070,…
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