Cox v. Academy of Lithonia, Inc.

Mikell, Judge.

The Academy of Lithonia, Inc. (the “Academy”), a charter school, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment, or in the alternative, for writ of mandamus, in the Superior Court of Fulton County against Kathy Cox, in her official capacity as Superintendent of Schools of the State of Georgia, the Georgia State Department of Education (“Georgia DOE”), the Georgia Board of Education (the “State Board”) and its board members in their official capacities after the State Board and the Georgia DOE reduced the term in its charter school application from two years to one year. The DeKalb…