California Charter Association Sues LAUSD For Limiting Sharing of Campuses

Published on April 4, 2024

The California Charter Schools Association filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District over its new policy limiting charter schools’ ability to share campuses with district schools at nearly 350 school sites across the district. The lawsuit, filed on April 2 in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims that the policy discriminates against charter students by not providing them with facilities “reasonably equivalent” to public school campuses. In a statement on April 2, the association’s president, Myrna Castrejón, called the policy a “shameful and discriminatory attack” on public school students. “Families choose to send their children to [LA Unified] charter public schools because they have found programs uniquely tailored to their needs,” Ms. Castrejón stated. “This policy limits options for those parents among the most vulnerable across L.A. Unified.”...

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