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Nevada rules funding for school voucher program is unconstitutional
Source: Associated Press
Nevada rules funding for school voucher program is unconstitutional
Associated Press
Thursday 29 September 2016 23.18 BST
The Nevada supreme court has ruled that the state’s voucher-style education savings accounts program – seen as the broadest school choice initiative in the country – has an unconstitutional funding mechanism that should remain blocked.
Justices issued a 4-2 ruling on Thursday against the money source for the program, which has been on hold since the winter and never disbursed funds to families as it intended, but upholding some of its key underpinnings.
Parties on both sides of the hotly debated issue claimed victory from the 35-page decision.
“Taxpayer money isn’t to be used to support the private education of a handful of kids,” said Rory Reid, son of Democratic senator Harry Reid and president of the Rogers Foundation, which supported legal challenges against the program. “We’re proud to stand up for that proposition.”
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Associated Press
Thursday 29 September 2016 23.18 BST
The Nevada supreme court has ruled that the state’s voucher-style education savings accounts program – seen as the broadest school choice initiative in the country – has an unconstitutional funding mechanism that should remain blocked.
Justices issued a 4-2 ruling on Thursday against the money source for the program, which has been on hold since the winter and never disbursed funds to families as it intended, but upholding some of its key underpinnings.
Parties on both sides of the hotly debated issue claimed victory from the 35-page decision.
“Taxpayer money isn’t to be used to support the private education of a handful of kids,” said Rory Reid, son of Democratic senator Harry Reid and president of the Rogers Foundation, which supported legal challenges against the program. “We’re proud to stand up for that proposition.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/29/nevada-school-voucher-account-program-unconstitutional