Legal Opinion
Board of Education of School District No. 1 v. Booth
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 13, 1999No. 97SC609PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mullarkey
This ease involves a challenge to the constitutionality of the second-appeal provision of the Charter Schools Act. See § 22-30.5-108(3), 7 C.R.S. (1998). The question is whether the General Assembly constitutionally may authorize the State Board of Education to order a local school board to ap--prove a charter school application that the local board has rejected when the State Board finds approval to be in the best interests of the pupils, school district, or community. We hold that the second-appeal provision is constitutional.
Both the petitioners/cross-respondents, Sharon Eastlund and the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Wright v. Council of EmporiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lujan v. Colorado State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
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