Justices Query Lawyers in Florida Court Showdown over Voucher Program

Autor/in	Richard, Alan
Titel	Justices Query Lawyers in Florida Court Showdown over Voucher Program
Quelle	In: Education Week, 24 (2006) 40, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Educational Vouchers; Court Litigation; School Choice; Constitutional Law; State Church Separation; Parochial Schools; Religious Education; Disadvantaged Youth; Tuition; Private Schools; Scholarships; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Rechtsstreit; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Staatsrecht; Kirche-Staat-Beziehung; Konfessionsschule; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Private school; Privatschule; Scholarship; Stipendium
Abstract	Florida's Opportunity Scholarships faced their most crucial test in June 2005, as the state supreme court heard arguments in a case about the constitutionality of the voucher program. In more than an hour of oral arguments in "Bush v. Holmes," held June 7, in Tallahassee and shown live on the Internet, lawyers sparred over the implications for school vouchers of language in the Florida Constitution that bars religious institutions from receiving state money. Plaintiffs' lawyer John M. West said that religious schools using the vouchers are involved in "the religious indoctrination of young children," suggesting there is no way to square the program with the state constitution. The state's lawyers asked the court to keep the vouchers, which they argued are no different from other common forms of public aid that go to religious colleges, hospitals, and other entities. They also stressed that the vouchers primarily help poor and minority students. A decision in the 4-year-old lawsuit challenging the vouchers, which about 720 students statewide used to pay school tuition in 2004-05, could determine the future of vouchers in the state, and slow or fuel the growth of private school choice nationwide. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10