Alejo
Alejo v. Torlakson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Lambden, J.
Luis Alejo, Maria Medina, Angelica Arechiga, Joel Avila, Frente Indígena Oaxaqueño Binacional, Comité Pro Educación, Parents for Unity, and Californians Together, plaintiffs below, sought in the trial court to compel defendants, Tom Torlakson, in his official capacity as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (Superintendent); the State Board of Education (SBE); and California’s State Department of Education (CDE), to rescind a suspension of onsite reviews of school district compliance with state and federal standards in programs benefitting educationally disadvantaged students. Plaintiffs also sought a court mandate that defendants develop an onsite monitoring schedule, develop a monitoring plan, and adopt regulations related to monitoring. In addition, plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment that defendants’ actions regarding onsite monitoring had violated various state and federal statutes and constituted an illegal expenditure of taxpayer funds.
*774 Plaintiffs appeal from orders of the trial court denying their motion for peremptory writ of mandate and granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We affirm the orders of the trial court.