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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 don't have public schools to receive public tuition dollars to send their children to the public or private school of their choosing. That program excludes religious schools. Families who want to send th...
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 choosing. That program excludes religious schools. Families who want to send their children to Christi...
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 that situation are suing because they have been denied assistance on the grounds the schools must b...