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Lawyers for the parents and two Orthodox Jewish schools sued the state and the Los Angeles Unified School District, arguing that the law violates Supreme Court precedents by eliminating those schools from consideration.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel appeared sympathetic Tuesday to arguments by attorneys for Orthodox Jewish parents that a California requirement that schools receiving funds to instruct disabled children be nonsectarian is unconstitutional.
Lawyers for the parents, as well as two Orthodox Jewish schools, sued the state and the Los Angeles Unified School District, arguing that California law, implementing the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, s...