Big loss today for theocrats and politicians like George and Jeb Bush who are trying to undermine public education in America. The Supreme Court refused to hear their case against a Maine law that prevents public funding for religious schools:
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up the issue of school choice in Maine, where a state law bars the use of public funds to send students to private religious schools.It's interesting how all these anti-tax types always want tax dollars for their own pet projects like vouchers. At least for today, the separation of church and state was able to survive yet another attack.
The case could have provided a platform for a court battle over school choice and the separation of church and state.
In Maine, school districts in 145 small towns with no high schools offer tuition for 17,000 students to attend high schools of their choice, public or private, in-state or out-of-state. But religious schools are no longer on the list.
Asking the court to take the case, a conservative group, the Institute for Justice, is representing eight Maine families who would receive public tuition funds but for the fact that their children attend religious schools.
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