DOE v. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

No. SJC-12275.

479 Mass. 375 (2018)

JANE DOE NO. 1 & others v. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P. Martin ( Paul F. Ware, Jr. , also present) for the plaintiffs.

Robert E. Toone , Assistant Attorney General ( Juliana deHaan Rice & Julia Kobick , Assistant Attorneys General, also present) for the defendants.

Melissa C. Allison for Savina Tapia & others.

Ira Fader , Alan H. Shapiro , & John M. Becker , for Massachusetts Teachers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Brian C. Broderick & Ryan P. McManus , for Pioneer Institute, Inc., & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


Five students who attend public schools in the city of Boston filed a complaint in the Superior Court against the Secretary of Education, the chair and members of the board of secondary and elementary education, and the Commissioner of Education (commissioner), alleging that the charter school cap under G. L. c. 71, § 89 (i...

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