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This has been the most substantive Supreme Court docket for K-12 education in many decades and in addition to weighing in the Consumers v. FCC case, which will determine the fate of funding the E-Rate program through the Universal Services Fund, we also filed amicus briefs in three other critical cases. 

The first amicus was filed on behalf of neither party in a case out of Montgomery County Maryland known as . AASA鈥檚 focused on the importance of deferring to LEAs regarding curriculum content and educational instruction in the classroom, and recognizing that any student鈥檚 right to 鈥渙pt out鈥� of classroom instruction must be carefully calibrated and limited to minimize the disruptive impact on classroom instruction. The court will hear oral argument on the case on April 22nd. 

萝莉网also before the Supreme Court in the significant special education lawsuit known . We believe our brief makes a powerful point about the nature of FAPE-related claims under 504 and the need to preserve a heightened standard for damages. The court will hear oral argument in the case on Monday, April 28 starting at 10 a.m. Eastern.  

Last but not least, signed by 14 public education organizations and advocacy groups before the Supreme Court in focused on the legality of religious charter schools. Our brief argues that religious charter schools would be incompatible with the public school system and would do real harm to our public schools. They would draw funds away from traditional public schools, which would harm students with disabilities in particular. Religious charter schools would present extraordinary operational challenges for public school administrators. They could, in some places, become the only neighborhood schools in some communities, leaving students without an accessible nonsectarian option. Oral argument is scheduled for April 30th.