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At issue in the case is whether the state, which pays for some students to attend nonsectarian private schools, should also pay tuition for students to attend religious schools.

At issue in the case is whether the state, which pays for some students to attend nonsectarian private schools, should also pay tuition for students to attend religious schools.

Two families turned to Maine's tuition-assistance program to enroll their kids in faith-based schools. But the state funds only go to "nonsectarian" schools.

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge from parents in Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.

The parents argue that their exclusion from the state program violates their religious rights under the Constitution. Read more on Boston.com.

The Supreme Court’s more conservative members on Wednesday seemed receptive to a religious rights challenge to Maine's policy that makes K-12 schools with religious instruction ineligible for a public tuition aid program.

At issue in the case is whether the state, which pays for some students to attend nonsectarian private schools, should also pay tuition for students to attend religious schools.

At issue in the case is whether the state, which pays for some students to attend nonsectarian private schools, should also pay tuition for students to attend religious schools.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to rule that religious schools cant be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision

A Maine law that bans families from a student aid program if they choose to send their children ...