Legal Opinion

Student No. 9 v. Board of Education

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 27, 2004PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.

The plaintiffs, public school students in the high school class of 2003, challenge the facial validity of 603 Code Mass. Regs. § 30.03 (2000), a regulation adopted by the Board of Education (board), which required them to pass the tenth grade English language arts and mathematics sections of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System examination (MCAS exam) in order to graduate from high school.4 The plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction enjoining the defendants from enforcing the regulation and from requiring *754students in the high school class of 2003 to pass the tenth grade…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Rose v. Council for Better Education, Inc.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1989
  2. McDuffy v. Secretary of the Executive Office of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  3. Tri-Nel Management, Inc. v. Board of HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  4. Watros v. Greater Lynn Mental Health & Retardation Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  5. Massachusetts Federation of Teachers v. Board of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  3. Smith v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
  4. Gray v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
  5. Pulsone v. Public Employee Retirement Administration CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004

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