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Sunday
Aug212011

Attorney General Opinions for Education

AuthorJustin Bathon on DateSunday, August 21, 2011 at 12:17AM

So, tonight is my first real deep foray into the usefulness of Attorney General opinions in educational settings ... and, I am really impressed by them. Any lawyer coming out of law school should at least be aware of attorney general opinions as an element of the legal system, but I do not think everyone is aware of exactly what kind of role those opinions can have. Certainly, I can say that I did not. 

But, after sitting tonight and reading about 30 historical opinions on the Kentucky Education Reform Act, I have to say how superbly useful they were to the implementation of that law, especially in relationship to Kentucky's School Based Decision Making Counsels. 

Anyway, consider using an Attorney General's opinion in the future in your state if you have a complex legal question that is unclear in statutory or regulatory language. 

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I agree--quite useful. In an article I cite all the time, Professor George Brown refers to state supreme court school finance decisions oxymoronically as "binding advisory opinions." I think that label fits here, too.

August 21, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterScott Bauries
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