The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed more public funding of religious entities in an important ruling in favor of two Christian families who challenged a Maine tuition assistance program that excluded private schools that promote religion, Reuters reported.
In the latest in a series of decisions in recent years expanding religious rights, the justices in a 6-3 decision overturned a lower court ruling that had rejected the families’ claims of religious discrimination in violation of the U.S. Constitution, including the First Amendment protection of the free exercise of religion.
The court’s conservative justices were in the majority in the ruling, authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, and its liberal members in dissent.
The decision builds upon the Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in a case from Montana that paved the way for more taxpayer dollars to flow to religious schools.
Maine provides public funds to pay for tuition at private high schools of a family’s choice in some sparsely populated areas of the northeastern state that lack public secondary schools. The schools receiving this tuition assistance under the program must be “nonsectarian” and are excluded if they promote a particular religion and present material “through the lens of that faith.”
The ruling is the latest in a line of decisions from the Supreme Court that have favored religion-based discrimination claims.
The outcome also could fuel a renewed push for school choice programs in some of the 18 states that have so far not directed taxpayer money to private, religious education.
Bh it went through but it’s a shame the yidden weren’t worthy and couldn’t pull it off. Not for fame but for the sake of Hashem and his Torah. For shame!
Some GOOD NEWS for a change! BH! BH we still have some sanity in Washington.
Hopefully this will create momentum and effect change in all states, so that taxpayer money flows back to taxpayers who *pay* for schooling instead of using the taxpayer funded public schooling system – BUT only if the school the taxpayer privately pays, is a school that the government agrees is a school, meaning – in addition to whatever religious schooling is provided, basic tools the government’s society considers standard are also taught (English, Math, Science…).
Go back to Russia
Freedom is freedom!
I teach the way I believe.
No one should force his way against parents believe and desire.
This is the first amendment
If religious schools get public funding, they must now be free to attend for all students.— no doubt, MUST comply with state education regulations including curriculum, title 1 and Title 9.