A group representing charter schools has sued the city of Huntington Park over its decision to impose a yearlong moratorium on new charters. The suit, which was filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeks to invalidate the restrictions that the Huntington Park City Council approved last month by a 4-1 vote. The L.A. Unified School District, which serves Huntington Park, has more charters than any other school system nationwide. “The city’s politically motivated and discriminatory prohibition of public charter schools, but no other educational institutions, for a full educational year conflicts with California’s policy of expanded educational choices,” states the complaint filed by the California Charter Schools Assn. Feinberg, who used to teach at a charter in Huntington Park, analyzes local education-related data on his School Data Nerd blog.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 04, 2016 01:45 UTC