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This is the July 24, 2012, verdict form in the federal court trial in Florida of Deborah Nash-Utterback vs. School Board of Palm Beach County. An overview of the key developments and legal issues involved in the case was provided in the magistrate judge's June 8, 2012 order denying summary judgment and clearing the way for a trial.

This is Ohio’s Amended Substitute Senate Bill 316, which was signed into law by the governor on June 25, 2012, and involves changes impacting charter schools, including an increase from two to five in the number of start-up school governing boards on which an individual can serve; a requirement for revision by the state education board of operating standards to accommodate blended learning programs; a delay until 2015-2016 for a requirement for core subject teachers at low-performing schools to take cont

This is Minnesota’s education law of 2012, which impacts charter schools. Among changes in Chapter 239, signed into law by the governor April 27, 2012, the act extends the initial authorization period allowed for charter schools, boosts transparency of charter school board operations, specifically addresses collaboration between charter schools and districts, and provides greater flexibility for charter school board member training.

This March 2012 brief from Mass Insight discusses reform lessons from top school leaders and the concept of “mini-districts” or community-based clusters of schools within large districts that are organized around a high school and its feeder schools, an approach related to the charter management organization model.