Jul 26, 2021, 6:48 PM
(from the Los Angeles Times) An appeals court last Friday ruled that California state leaders violated the rights of parents by forcing private schools to stay closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the court essentially upheld the state’s decision to keep public schools closed to in-person instruction during the pandemic. The lawsuit challenged the state’s rules preventing K-12 schools from offering in-person instruction in counties with high coronavirus case rates. “California’s forced closure of their private schools implicates a right that has long been considered fundamental under the applicable caselaw — the right of parents to control their children’s education and to choose their children’s educational forum,” wrote Judge Daniel Collins in the appeal court’s opinion.
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