California Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Vergara v. California

California Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Vergara v. California

On Monday by a 4-3 vote a divided California Supreme Court let stand a lower-court decision in Vergara v. California.  The case was brought on behalf of nine public school students backed by the nonprofit group Students Matter, founded David Welch a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.  Plaintiffs argued the school’s tenure law was “grossly ineffective teachers.”, caused “significant educational harm”, and widening achievement gaps for minority students.

A Los Angeles court ruled the tenure laws were unconstitutional.  In April, the court of appeal reversed for lack of evidence stating the laws, "do not inevitably lead to the assignment of more inexperienced teachers to schools serving poor and minority children."