CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Part-I
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >CALIFORNIA</b><b<br /> > </b><b<br /> >SCHOOL</b><b<br /> > BOARDS<br /> ASSOCIATION v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/26/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b<br /> >CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>IN<br /> THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>FIRST<br /> APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>DIVISION<br /> FOUR<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/>CALIFORNIA SCHOOL<br /> BOARDS ASSOCIATION et al.,<br /> <br/> Petitioners and<br /> Appellants,<br /> <br/>v.<br /> <br/>STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION,<br /> <br/> Respondent;<br /> <br/>ASPIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INC.,<br /> <br/> Real Party in Interest<br /> and Respondent.<br /> </td><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> A122485<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> (Alameda<br /> County Super.<br /> <br/> Ct.<br /> No. RG 07353566)<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Charter<br /> schools are public schools that operate independently from, but with oversight<br /> by, the school districts or county boards of education that approve their<br /> charters. Before 2002, charter schools<br /> operated without geographic restrictions; a school chartered in Los Angeles<br /> could operate â€