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Tag Archives: School Choice

U.S. Supreme Court

VISA update: Supreme Court rules in favor of public funds to religious schools

This Supreme Court ruling is directly applicable to Vermont. Vermont’s tuition assistance program is very similar to Maine’s. Vermont will have to consider how to reconcile the Carson v. Makin opinion with the Compelled Support Clause in the Vermont Constitution.

5 days ago June 22, 2022 in Commentary.
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SCOTUS strikes down Maine voucher program that discriminated against religious schools

In Carson v. Makin, the court ruled 6-3 against the program which excluded students attending religious K-12 schools from taxpayer-provided tuition assistance. “Indeed, were we to accept Maine’s argument, our decision in Espinoza would be rendered essentially meaningless,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

6 days ago June 21, 2022 in U.S..
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Jay Eshelman: Let’s Go, Superintendent Millington

Unless and until universal school choice is legislated, the current disagreements voiced throughout the state will be the standard fair — guaranteed.

May 18, 2022 in Commentary.
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VISA update: Session ends with approval of universal school meals, PCB mitigation, school branding

The legislative session was generally helpful to independent school interests. A bill to provide free school meals to publicly-funded students in the coming school year has passed, along with funding in support of a program adopted last year to test all Vermont schools for PCB contamination.

May 18, 2022 in Commentary.
National School Choice website

New Hampshire to audit education freedom programs

New Hampshire lawmakers have agreed to conduct regular audits of the state’s new educational freedom voucher program that is diverting taxpayer dollars for students to attend private schools and homeschooling.

May 15, 2022 in U.S..
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McClaughry: The attack on tuition choice

The bill limits out-of-state tuitioning only to independent schools in Vermont’s neighboring states and in Quebec. This has been a long time goal of the teachers union, which wants no public tuition money to leave the state, no matter what.

April 12, 2022 in Commentary.
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Vermont Senate limits religious school and out-of-state tuitioning, expands dual enrollment eligibility

A bill that puts “guardrails” around tuitioning to religious independent schools and expands dual enrollment passed the Senate after a long gestation in the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee.

March 28, 2022 in Commentary.

Frenier: Should we include religious schools in our education system?

Courts have ruled recently that religious schools must be included in voucher programs that are made available to other non-public schools. This has raised concern among many educators and politicians that using taxpayer dollars may involve religious indoctrination.

March 24, 2022 in Commentary.
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VISA update: New religious school tuition case filed, vaccination incentive program funds to be maintained

The Burlington Catholic Diocese and two families with children attending Mount St. Joseph Academy in Rutland have filed a federal lawsuit against AOE Secretary French, and the Superintendent and School Directors of the Barstow School District seeking access to public tuition funds.

March 9, 2022 in Commentary.
Guy Page

McClaughry: Expanding parental choice in education

This year and the ensuing biennium are likely to be landmark years for the future of parental choice in education in Vermont. Tuition grants to parents to choose what’s best for their children will force complacent public schools to respond to competition.

March 7, 2022 in Commentary.
SchoolChoiceWeek.com

Poll: Over 70% of Americans support school choice

Over 70% of Americans support funding students’ education rather than public education systems, according to a new poll conducted by RealClear Opinion Research.

March 6, 2022 in U.S..
SchoolChoiceWeek.com

Lawmakers approve bill to restrict funds to some independent and religious schools

Lawmakers in the Senate Committee on Education on Friday passed a bill 6-0 that would restrict public funds going to some independent and religious schools.

February 27, 2022 in TNR News.

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