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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.

Conservative justices indicate not offering funds to religious schools could discriminate, in case supporting tuition aid for private schools, closely followed by Jewish groups

The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to rule that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education.

Critical race theory made its way into the Supreme Court Wednesday as the justices questioned attorneys on what kinds of value-based instruction in schools are allowed to be publicly funded under a Maine voucher program that is under review.

In oral arguments that took nearly two hours, several of the justices found fault with the state’s decision process in determining just how religious a school was to decide if it could participate or not.

The plaintiffs want Maine to allow students who don't have high schools in their towns to put taxpayer money toward tuition at religious schools.

Lawyers debated whether Maine’s tuition assistance program discriminates against private schools where religion is prominent in their curriculum in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday.

The case, concerning a tuition program in Maine, seemed likely to extend a winning streak at the court for parents seeking public funds for religious education.

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to rule that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education,

The Supreme Court is about to consider that question.