Disputes Over Charter Closures Winding Up in Court

By Erik W. Robelen

Paulden Elementary School wasn’t supposed to be open this academic year. State officials in May revoked the charter for the rural Arizona school, citing several violations of state and federal law, including the failure to fingerprint some teachers.

Not surprisingly, the move by the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools wasn’t exactly welcome news to the school’s leaders. But rather than grudgingly accept their fate, they opted to fight it out—in the courtroom.

The dispute is one of several similar lawsuits across the country, either ongoing or recently resolved, in which decisions to close charter...

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