League of Women Voters of Washington v. State
Washington Supreme Court
355 P.3d 1131 (2015)
Relevant factsFree
Washington voters approved a 2012 Charter School Act creating charter schools exempt from many regulations governing other public schools and free from elected local school board control, while still funding them like other public schools using appropriated operating and construction funds; the League of Women Voters of Washington (plaintiff) challenged the act as unconstitutional, and the trial court found portions of it unconstitutional while leaving the rest standing, prompting direct review by the state supreme court.
IssueFree
Whether charter schools may divert state educational funds that the state Constitution allocates exclusively to locally controlled common public schools.