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From https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2019/08/18/features/after-hawaiian-language-immersion-ruling-fate-of-lanai-schools-still-uncertain/

After Hawaiian language immersion ruling, fate of Lanai schools still uncertain
by Michael Brestovansky
August 18, 2019

The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state Constitution requires that students be provided access to Hawaiian language immersion education.

Justices on the court ruled 4-1 in support of Chelsa-Marie Kealohalani Clarabal, a Lanai mother whose children only had access to intermittent lessons taught in Hawaiian after moving from Maui to Lanai.

Although there are Hawaiian immersion public schools on five of the major islands, there are none on Lanai, which the court ruled was in contradiction to constitutional amendments made in 1978 that obligated the state to provide for public Hawaiian education programs.

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