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Strings Attached: The IRS’s New Private School Rule Meets the Supreme Court’s Preschool Case
A proposed IRS rule would treat race-based scholarships and admissions preferences as disqualifying for private school tax exemption, and the Supreme Court hears a religious preschool case the same day comments close. Here is what schools in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and D.C. should do now.
Massachusetts Charter Schools Must Open Their Records: How the Rule Compares Across Our Jurisdictions
In Attorney General v. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, the Massachusetts SJC held that Commonwealth charter schools are public agencies subject to the Public Records Law. We compare the rule with Connecticut, New York, and the District of Columbia.
SCOTUS Rules 4-4 on Major Charter School Case
When the Supreme Court splits 4-4, the lower court's ruling stands but sets no national precedent, leaving charter school authorizers, advocates, and litigants nationwide without the clear constitutional answer they came to the Court to find.
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