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12-28-2004, 11:34 AM
Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida Vouchers
Driving 'a semi-truck
Written By: George A. Clowes
Published In: School Reform News
Publication Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
<HR>In a ruling the dissent characterized as driving "a semi-truck" through a "small window" in the U.S. Constitution, the full 1st District Court of Appeals in Florida on November 12 struck down the state's five-year-old Opportunity Scholarship program, ruling it violated a provision in Florida's Constitution barring public funds being used to aid any religious institution.
More than 730 students currently use the program to gain access to better-performing K-12 schools. Although they will be able to continue in their choice schools while the ruling is appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, the breadth of the appeals court decision places a cloud not only over the future of the Opportunity Scholarship program, but also over similarly funded post-secondary scholarship programs used by almost 200,000 other Florida students.
The Rest of the Article Here:
The Heartland Institute - Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida Vouchers - by George A. Clowes (http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16153)
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By all means, let's PLEASE not aid any religious institution . . . for that is what vouchers TRULY do, they don't aid the CHILDREN who are seeking the best education! Utterly ridiculous, entirely predictable.
Driving 'a semi-truck
Written By: George A. Clowes
Published In: School Reform News
Publication Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
<HR>In a ruling the dissent characterized as driving "a semi-truck" through a "small window" in the U.S. Constitution, the full 1st District Court of Appeals in Florida on November 12 struck down the state's five-year-old Opportunity Scholarship program, ruling it violated a provision in Florida's Constitution barring public funds being used to aid any religious institution.
More than 730 students currently use the program to gain access to better-performing K-12 schools. Although they will be able to continue in their choice schools while the ruling is appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, the breadth of the appeals court decision places a cloud not only over the future of the Opportunity Scholarship program, but also over similarly funded post-secondary scholarship programs used by almost 200,000 other Florida students.
The Rest of the Article Here:
The Heartland Institute - Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida Vouchers - by George A. Clowes (http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16153)
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By all means, let's PLEASE not aid any religious institution . . . for that is what vouchers TRULY do, they don't aid the CHILDREN who are seeking the best education! Utterly ridiculous, entirely predictable.