This is the first time in the country that a state Supreme Court has struck down a charter school law, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
The decision leaves hundreds of families in limbo whose children have already started school at one of the state’s nine charter schools.
A version of this news article first appeared in the Charters & Choice blog.
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