Ohio justices tilt to charter schools / 4-3 vote calls plan constitutional
Source: Scott Stephens, Plain Dealer (OH), Thursday, October 26, 2006
The state's network of publicly funded, privately operated charter schools is constitutional, a sharply split Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The 4-3 ruling was a big win for charter school operators and removes the uncertainty that dogged the state's 305 charter schools and the 72,000 students who attend them.