Appeals Court Upholds Law Challenge
Saturday, February 21st, 2015 -- 8:25 AM
A state appeals court says a portion of a law that gives the governor the power to block new education rules is unconstitutional.Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a law in 2011 that requires state agencies to get gubernatorial approval before drafting new administrative rules, legal language that enacts statutes and agency policies.
Teachers and parents filed a lawsuit in 2011 alleging the law was unconstitutional as applied to the state Department of Public Instruction, arguing it gives other state officers more power than the elected DPI superintendent.
A Madison judge in 2012 found the law unconstitutional as applied to DPI. The 4th District Court of Appeals upheld that ruling Thursday.
A spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice, which is representing the governor's office, had no immediate comment.
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