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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc

VIRGEL CAIN, SANDY BAHR, SCOTT HOLCOMB, ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS, ARIZONA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, ARIZONA FEDERATION OF TEACHER UNIONS, ARIZONA PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION, ARIZONA RURAL SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION, ARIZONA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, INC., ARIZONA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ARIZONA, and PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY,

) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs/Appellants, ) ) v. ) ) TOM HORNE, in his capacity as ) Superintendent of Public ) Instruction, ) ) Defendant/Appellee, ) ) and ) ) JESSICA GEROUX, ANDREA WECK, ) KRISTINA PETERSON, KIMBERLY ) WUESTENBERG, EDWIN RIVERA, and ) MIKE and SHIRLEY OKAMURA, ) ) Intervenors/Appellees. ) ) _________________________________ )

Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-08-0189-PR Court of Appeals Division Two No. 2 CA-CV 07-0143 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV2007-002986

O P I N I O N

Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Bethany G. Hicks, Judge REVERSED AND REMANDED ________________________________________________________________

Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division Two 218 Ariz. 301, 183 P.3d 1269 (App. 2008) VACATED ________________________________________________________________ MILLER, LASOTA & PETERS, P.L.C. By Donald M. Peters Wendy Lee Kim And THOMAS W. PICKRELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW By Thomas W. Pickrell And ARIZONA CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Phoenix By Timothy M. Hogan Attorneys for Virgel Cain, Sandra Bahr, Scott Holcomb, Arizona Association of School Business Officials, Arizona Education Association, Arizona Federation of Teacher Unions, Arizona Parent Teacher Association, Arizona Rural Schools Association, Arizona School Administrators, Inc., Arizona School Boards Association, American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, and People for the American Way TERRY GODDARD, ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL Phoenix By Paula S. Bickett, Chief Counsel, Civil Appeals William A. Richards, Assistant Attorney General Chad B. Sampson, Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for Thomas C. Horne, Superintendent of Public Instruction LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS A. ZLAKET, P.L.L.C. By Thomas A. Zlaket And INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE By Timothy D. Keller Jennifer M. Perkins Attorneys for Jessica Geroux, Andrea Weck, Kristina Peterson, Kimberly Wuestenberg, Edwin Rivera, Mike Okamura and Shirley Okamura 2 Tempe Tucson Mesa Phoenix

PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION Sacramento, CA By James S. Burling Attorneys for Amici Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation and Arizona Autism Coalition ARIZONA CENTER FOR DISABILITY LAW By JoAnn Sheperd Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Center for Disability Law George H. King Attorney for Amicus Curiae Chrysalis Academy Parents Association CENTER FOR ARIZONA POLICY By Cathi W. Herrod Peter A. Gentala Deborah M. Sheasby Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Center for Arizona Policy WINSTON & STRAWN, L.L.P. By Steffen N. Johnson Ad

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