BATON ROUGE, La. – The debate surrounding Louisiana’s 2012 education reform law known as Act 1 is beginning to resemble an episode of “The $25,000 Pyramid.”

In that classic game show, contestants were presented with a list of items and asked to guess the topic or theme that unified them.

That’s exactly what’s happening with Act 1, which is a major part of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s historic public education overhaul.

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On Wednesday, state District Judge Michael Caldwell ruled Act 1 unconstitutional on the grounds it contains too many unrelated provisions, thus violating Louisiana’s unique rule that legislation may only address “one object.”

It was the second time in less than a year that Caldwell found the law unconstitutional. The state Supreme Court directed Caldwell to reconsider the case last year after the high court issued some guidelines for determining whether a law violates the “one object” rule.

WWNO.org reports that Act 1 does impact a variety of issues, including teacher tenure, teacher evaluations and teacher pay, as well as shifting power over personnel-related decisions from local school boards and into the hands of principals and superintendents.

In his ruling, Caldwell said he spent a month studying the law, but “could not identify a unifying purpose or object, and only found some meager semblance of a unifying theme,” according to WWNO.org.

Barry Erwin, president of the Council for a Better Louisiana, believes Act 1 does have a unifying theme: To ensure that schools and districts have the best faculty, personnel and instruction to help foster strong student achievement, according TheAdvocate.com.

“Every aspect of Act 1 was clearly aimed at this single goal,” Erwin said in a statement. “Hiring, assignment practices, compensation schedules, layoff procedures, accountability for administrators and evaluations tied to longtime job security are all essential components for giving students the quality faculty they need to learn and succeed in school.”

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Immediately following Caldwell’s ruling, Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White said the law will remain in effect while the state appeals the decision to the state Supreme Court.

Gov. Jindal was equally adamant in his defense of Act 1.

“We’re not going to back down from our efforts. We think the law as passed is constitutional,” Jindal said, according to TheAdvocate.com.

Jindal also lashed out at the Louisiana Federation of Teachers – the state’s teachers union – for fighting the reforms.

“My advice to the coalition for the status quo is that it’s time for them to stop fighting us in court,” the governor added. “It’s time for them to stop the lawsuits and go to work with us to help improve education for our kids.”

Education Superintendent White told reporters he expects several more years of litigation before a definitive ruling on Act 1 is announced.