Nevada rules funding for school voucher program is unconstitutional

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

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

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Associated Press
Thursday 29 September 2016 23.18 BST

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Yes!!

There are a couple of Religious Groups that are paying the freight on this farce. But,hey,we are number one in Child Hood Education,number one on the bottom of the list,and they want to take funding away from a struggling system,give us a break.

[PSPS]

2. Taxpayers shouldn't be funding madrasas.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Good work, Rory Reid! Thanks for thinking of the democracy. The people matter.

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