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At issue is a state program providing tax money to allow students in towns without public schools to attend private — but not religious — schools.
Maine struggled Wednesday to defend its school funding system before the U.S. Supreme Court, with GOP-appointed justices casting a skeptical eye on the program, which pays for students to attend some private schools as long as their classrooms aren't too religious.
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.
Maine struggled Wednesday to defend its school funding system before the U.S. Supreme Court, with GOP-appointed justices casting a skeptical eye on the program, which pays for students to attend some private schools as long as their classrooms aren't too religious.