North Carolina Charter School Skirt Rule Unequal (Correct)

Three female students proved a North Carolina charter school’s rule requiring them and other girls to wear skirts, jumpers, or skorts violates the US Constitution, the full Fourth Circuit ruled 10-6 on Tuesday, reinstating a federal judge’s liability finding.

The novel decision rejected the reasoning of a divided three-judge panel, which ruled Aug. 9 that the three students and their parents failed to establish that Charter Day School is a “state actor” for purposes of the Constitution’s equal protection clause.

North Carolina delegated some of its constitutional obligation to provide a free public education to kids in the state when ...