Supreme Court to Hear Case on Teachers’ Union Agency Fees

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to take up the issue of when a teachers’ union may spend the money it collects in the form of agency fees from nonmembers on its political causes.

The justices agreed to review a Washington state law that requires nonmembers to affirmatively consent, or opt in, before a union may spend their fees on its political agenda. Meanwhile, the court also agreed to take up a case involving the federal Impact Aid statute and whether states may reduce their funding to districts with federal installations by the same amount of aid provided by the federal government.

In action in the days before the official start of its new term on Oct. 2, the court agreed on Sept. 26 to add the...