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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a Maine lawsuit that challenges a state law prohibiting the use of tuition funds for religious

US Supreme Court to hear Maine religious school tuition case By Patrick Whittle PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Friday that it will hear a case brought by families from Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools. At the heart of the case is a Maine Department of Education rule that allows families who live in towns that dont have public schools to receive public tuition dollars to send their children to the public or priv...

Published July 02. 2021 11:52PM  By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Friday that it will hear a case brought by families from Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.  At the heart of the case is a Maine Department of Education rule that allows families who live in towns that don’t have public schools to receive public tuition dollars to send their children to the public or private school of their ch...

Conflicting federal district court rulings in two New England circuits could set up a Supreme Court showdown over just how far states can go in allocating taxpayer funds to religious schools in towns lacking public schools.

Religious instruction a bridge too far for tuition assistance Friday, February 19, 2021  |  Bob Kellogg (OneNewsNow.com) Spanish Some parents in Maine are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case where the state is refusing to provide student aid because they are sending their daughter to a religious school that provides religious instruction. Maine provides tuition assistance for high school students families that live in areas without a public secondary school. Two families in t...

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Elena Paredes/Facebook) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Concerned parents are bringing their case of religious discrimination before the U.S. Supreme Court after a lower court ruled students at religious schools will not qualify for educational benefits. The ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says students in Maine will only qualify for educational benefits when attending a school that does not provide religious instruction, C...

PORTLAND, Maine — Three families demanding that the state pay tuition for religious schools are taking their appeal to a U.S. Supreme Court that looks much different than when the lawsuit was filed more than two years ago.The conservative shift of the...

Maine ban on funding religious tuition goes to U.S. Supreme Court So far, courts have sided with the state, which contends using taxpayer dollars to fund religious education violates the separation of church and state. By DAVID SHARPAssociated Press Share A man holds a cross as he prays prior to rulings on religious school issues outside the Supreme Court in Washington on July 8, 2020. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Three families demanding that the state pay tuition for religious schools are ta...

J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press file Lawyers representing three Maine families challenging a state law prohibiting public tuition funds from going to religious schools are now appealing their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Virginia-based Libertarian Institute for Justice submitted a petition to the court on Thursday. At issue is Maine’s town tuitioning program, which allows state tuition payments for students in towns without their own high schools to be used at nearby public...