Facts

Plaintiffs sued Defendant, alleging that Defendant violated state law that allows for approval of state charters only where it can be demonstrated that the same program cannot be implemented through local charter approval.

PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs contended that the State Board of Education's approval of Aspire Public Schools Inc. violated the law because the record did not support Aspire's claims that its programs could not be provided through locally approved charters.

Result

The Superior Court concluded that the record did not establish that Aspire's program could not be provided through locally approved charters and issued a writ directing the State Board to set aside its approval, but it gave Aspire a year in which to seek local approvals for its state charter schools in order to prevent disruption of the education program at those schools.