Larry Sand with more on this:

 

As I have frequently written, the teachers unions have a schizoid relationship with charter schools. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays they want to kill them off; on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays they want to unionize them. Earlier this month, with the help of a compliant court, the National Education Association affiliate in Washington managed to trash the state's fledgling charter school movement – a tiny movement, barely sticking its toes in the water with all of one school having opened in Seattle last year, with eight more opening this fall.

 

But citing an arcane law passed in 1909, the Washington Supreme Court deemed the charter schools unconstitutional. As reported in The Seattle Times, Chief Justice Barbara Madsen ruled that "charter schools aren't 'common schools' because they're governed by appointed rather than elected boards. Therefore, money that is dedicated to common schools is unconstitutionally diverted to charter schools." Justice Mary E. Fairhurst agreed with the majority that charter schools aren't common schools, but argued in a partial dissenting opinion that the state "can constitutionally support charter schools through the general fund."

http://unionwatch.org/reactionary-teachers-union-parties-like-its-1909/

Reactionary Teachers Union Parties like It's 1909

By Larry Sand On September 15, 2015 

 

Self-serving Washington Education Association dusts off a 100 year old law to shut down charter schools.