Education
Sep. 15, 2010
School Fees in Public Education: The Continuing Legacy of Hartzell v. Connell
The right to "free" K-12 public education is facing increasing difficulty in the current era of extreme fiscal crisis for all public services, by Kirk Ah Tye of California Rural Legal Assistance.
Hartzell v. Connell, (1984) 35 Cal.3d 899, adjudicated by the state Supreme Court, defined the essential nature of "free" in free K-12 public education, invoking the state constitution's free-school guarantee. Since I litigated Hartzell in the trial court, prevailing in the Court of Appeal and finally in the Supreme Court, which permanently enjoined school fees for "extracurricular" activities, I receiv...
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