Legal Opinion
Doe No. 1 v. Secretary of Education
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 24, 2018No. SJC 12275PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBudd, J.
**376 Five students who attend public schools in the city of Boston filed a complaint in the Superior Court against the Secretary of Education, the chair and members of the board of secondary and elementary education, and the Commissioner of Education (commissioner), alleging that the charter school cap under G. L. c. 71, § 89 (i), violates the education clause and the equal protection provisions of the Massachusetts Constitution because the students were not able to attend public charter schools of their choosing. A judge of that court allowed the defendants' motion to dismiss. We affirm the…
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