On Monday, the Supreme Court indicated that it would not take on Peltier v. Charter Day School.
The case, which is nominally about whether or not Charter Day School can impose a dress code on female students, hinged on the question of whether or not the North Carolina charter school is a state actor—in other words, a public school subject to the same rules as any other public school.
Many education policy folks on all sides of charter issues were watching the case to see if it would finally settle the question of whether or not a charter school is truly a public school.
The Supreme Court decision not to hear the case means that the full panel decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals will stand— Charter Day School is a public school and therefor must abide by the laws governing all public schools (in this case, Title IX in particular).
