Don Barrett, an attorney with Barrett Law Office who represents the owners association, said the reasoning rejected by the court came from the district judge in the case.
An EIS union spokesman said it was not convinced that the bill addressed existing governance problems and said the regionalisation programme seemed to be driven by "economic reasoning rather than a clear education rationale".
The one source, perplexed by this reasoning, questioned the expertise of some of those in the room who said they coached football, wondering if they understood the time constraints of the play clock.