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RANKINS v. STATE BD. OF ELEM. & SEC. EDUC.

No. 93 CA 1879.

637 So.2d 548 (1994)

Tarchia RANKINS, Chad Yancy, Sonovia Hicks, Sekari Williams, and Kawanda Beauchamp v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Johnson and Ronald Johnson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellees Tarchia Rankins, et al.

Roy A. Mongrue, Jr. and Margo Fleet, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Thomas A. Rayer, Denechaud and Denechaud, New Orleans, for La. Federation, Citizens for Educational Freedom, Amicus Curiae.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and CARTER, CRAIN, LeBLANC and WHIPPLE, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

The subject of this litigation is Louisiana's graduation exit examination (GEE) which has been a requirement for obtaining a state high school diploma since 1989. The five plaintiffs in this case, all Louisiana public school students, failed to pass the GEE before the end of their senior year in high school. They have all accumulated the required 23 Carnegie units1 necessary for graduation but, because of their...

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