Justices Seek US’s View on Charter School’s Skirt Rule for Girls

The US Supreme Court on Monday invited the US solicitor general to offer the government’s position on whether the court should review a ruling that a North Carolina charter school’s requirement that female students wear skirts, jumpers, or skorts was unconstitutional state action.

Charter Day School argued in its petition seeking review by the justices that the Fourth Circuit opened a circuit split when it ruled June 14 that the school’s uniform rules for girls violated the equal protection clause. Courts “have long held that educational contractors are state actors only to the extent the State compels the particular conduct ...