
Short Circuit 225 | Supreme School Choice Victory
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The Constitutionality of School Choice Programs and Religious Exclusion
This chapter explores the constitutionality of school choice programs, with a focus on the controversy surrounding religious exclusion. It discusses landmark Supreme Court cases such as Espinosa v. Montana Department of Revenue and Carson v. Macon, addressing the conflict between public funding of religious schools or institutions and the free exercise clause of the federal constitution. The chapter also highlights the first circuit court's argument for excluding religious schools based on the religious use of scholarship or tuition funds.
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