education

Petitioners sought to enjoin the continued licensing of charter schools run by the Real Party in Interest. Petitioners claimed the Board of Education was in violation of state statute and regulations in its procedures for licensing charter schools and specifically, the academies run by the Real Party. The issue was whether reference to Government Code section 11500 et seq. in the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) - which appeared to require that the State Board of Education (SBE) adopt procedures consistent with the APA when considering statewide charter petitions - was intended by the Legislature or was just "a scrivener's error".