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Washington D.C., Jun 2, 2021 / 14:15 pm (CNA). A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the state of Vermont cannot refuse to fund tuition for religious institutions that would otherwise qualify for the funding. The June 2 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit changes a state no-aid policy that dates back more than two decades. The case of A.H. v. French was brought by four Catholic high school students, their parents, and the Catholic Diocese of Burlington. They c

Ruling tests limits on school vouchers in Vermont Modified: 1/28/2021 10:12:49 PM A federal appeals court judge has ruled that three Vermont school districts cannot, for now, exclude Catholic school students from the state’s voucher system. Whether that decision will stick, and what it means for the state’s decades-long prohibition on spending public funds at religious schools, remains to be seen. But a series of rulings suggest Vermont may soon find out whether two constitutional principles — one enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, the other in Vermont’s — can indeed coexist. Ver...