Appeal Filed In Nampa Classical Academy Case

Yesterday a Notice of Appeal was filed in Nampa Classical Academy v. Goesling, appealing an Idaho federal district court's denial of a preliminary injunction to the 9th Circuit. In the case, the trial court rejected a challenge by a state-funded charter school to a state policy that barred its use of the Bible, the Koran and other sectarian books as primary source teaching material. The district court held that the charter school is itself a political subdivision and has no rights to assert against the state that is controlling the content of governmental speech. (See prior posting.) According to a press release from Alliance Defense Fund, the appeal claims that the local school district, not the state's Public Charter School Commission, is the body that has the right to make decisions on implementing state curriculum standards.