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U.S. Supreme Court seeks solicitor general’s input about N.C. charter school case

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer to offer her thoughts about a case from North Carolina involving a charter school treated as a “state actor.” Supreme Court justices reviewed the case Friday.

CJ Staff
Opinion

Designation as ‘state actor’ would harm charter schools

The skirts will grab the headlines, but there’s another piece of a court fight over a charter school dress code that deserves more attention. Operators of Brunswick County-based Charter Day School hope the U.S. Supreme Court will agree this fall to take up their case. They are appealing a June decision from the 4th U.S....

Mitch Kokai
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Locke urges U.S. Supreme Court to protect charter schools’ independence

The John Locke Foundation is asking the nation’s highest court to hear a case that could help protect charter schools from harmful government interference. Locke filed an amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief Friday in a case titled Charter Day School v. Peltier.

CJ Staff

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