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Daily Archives: September 4th, 2015

Washington’s Supreme Court strikes down I‑1240 (charter schools) in its entirety

Excerpt: Once again, the Wash­ing­ton State Supreme Court has rid­den to the res­cue of Wash­ing­ton’s belea­guered pub­lic schools system. In a mon­u­men­tal­ly impor­tant 6–3 deci­sion released late this after­noon, the Court struck down Ini­tia­tive 1240, a char­ter schools mea­sure vot­ers nar­row­ly passed in 2012, as uncon­sti­tu­tion­al in its entire­ty. The deci­sion means that Wash­ing­ton’s exper­i­ment with […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Washington’s Supreme Court allows Eyman’s I‑1366 to proceed to November 2015 ballot

Excerpt: This morn­ing, the Wash­ing­ton State Supreme Court ren­dered a pre­lim­i­nary ver­dict in Huff v. Wyman, the scope chal­lenge to Tim Eyman’s I‑1366. The Court has ruled unan­i­mous­ly that plain­tiffs’ request for an injunc­tion should be denied, which we under­stand means that I‑1366 will appear on the Novem­ber 2015 ballot. The Court entered the fol­low­ing order: This […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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