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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.