Constitutional Challenges to HB881 Reaches GA Supreme Court

The Georgia Supreme Court has established deadlines for the filing of briefs in the HB881 appeal. The case has been docketed for October 2010.

This means the eight school districts suing to have HB881 — the law that led to the creation of the Georgia Charter Schools Commission — ruled unconstitutional must file their brief on or before August 5.

The defendants in the case — which include the Commission, the State Board of Education and two charter schools (Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology in Statesboro and Ivy Preparatory Charter Academy in Norcross) — must file on or before August 25.

Oral arguments will more than likely occur in November or December 2010, with a final opinion rendered by March 2011. The legal defense of CCAT and Ivy Prep has been paid by the Legal Advocacy Fund of the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA), which will continue this support through the pending Georgia Supreme Court Case.