BD. OF EDUC. v. LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL

No. 24950.

335 S.C. 230 (1999)

516 S.E.2d 655

BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Respondent, v. LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE and State of South Carolina ex rel. Charles M. Condon, Attorney General, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dalton L. Oldham, of Southeastern Legal Foundation, of Columbia; and George E. Mullen, of Mullen Law Firm, of Hilton Head Island, for appellant Lighthouse Charter School Committee.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Deputy Attorney General Treva G. Ashworth, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, all of Columbia, for appellant State of South Carolina.

Kenneth L. Childs, William F. Halligan, and John M. Reagle, all of Childs & Halligan, P.A., of Columbia; and David T. Duff and Charles J. Boykin, both of Duff, Dubberly, Turner, White & Boykin, L.L.C., of Columbia, for respondent.


MOORE, Justice:

This appeal involves the denial of a charter school application. We affirm and remand to the circuit court for further proceedings.

FACTS

On December 10, 1996, appellant Lighthouse Charter School Committee (Lighthouse) applied to respondent Beaufort County Board of Education (Beaufort Board) for approval of a local charter school under the recently-enacted South Carolina Charter Schools...

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