Voices for Int'l Bus. & Educ., Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:

*772The National Labor Relations Act does not apply to a "political subdivision" of a state. 29 U.S.C. § 152(2). We decide whether a Louisiana charter school qualifies for that exemption from federal labor law.

I

Nowhere in the country has the charter school movement garnered a greater foothold than New Orleans. More than 90% of public-school students in Orleans Parish now attend charters. The reconstruction of the city after Hurricane Katrina was the impetus for the meteoric growth of charter schools. See Amelia A. DeGory, The Jurisdictional Difficulties of Defining…