California Charter Schools Ass'n v. Los Angeles Unified School District

In 2000, California voters enacted Proposition 39, which requires school districts to share their facilities with charter schools so that charter school students have access to facilities “reasonably equivalent” to those available to other public school students. (Ed. Code, § 47614, subd. (b), as amended by Prop. 39, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 7, 2000).) In 2002, the State Board of Education (Board) issued regulations on how to implement this requirement. For more than a decade, the Board’s regulations and the underlying mandate of Proposition 39 have been the subject of considerable litigation. (See, e.g., Bullis Charter School v. Los Altos School Dist. (2011) 200 Cal.App.4th 1022 [ 134 Cal.Rptr.3d 133 ] (Bullis); New West Charter Middle School v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist. (2010) 187 Cal.App.4th 831 [ 114 Cal.Rptr.3d 504 ]; Ridgecrest Charter School v. Sierra Sands Unified School Dist. (2005) 130 Cal.App.4th 986 [ 30 Cal.Rptr.3d 648 ]; Environmental Charter High School v. Centinela Valley Union High School Dist. (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 139 [ 18 Cal.Rptr.3d 417 ]; Sequoia Union High School Dist. v. Aurora Charter High School (2003) 112 Cal.App.4th 185 […