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Download full textDouglas, Charles G., III; Komer, Richard D. – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2004
Does a "school choice" program, under which state funds are disbursed on a neutral basis to parents in the form of a voucher to defray the cost of sending their children to a school of their choice, run afoul of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or of the New Hampshire Constitution? No. A…
Descriptors: School Choice, Religion, Constitutional Law, Educational Vouchers
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Direct linkGarnett, Richard W.; Pearsall, Christopher S. – Education and the Law, 2005
In "Zelman v. Simmons-Harris," the Supreme Court of the US made it clear that governments do not unconstitutionally "establish" religion merely by permitting eligible students to use publicly funded scholarships to attend qualifying religious schools, so long as the students' parents are able to make a "true private…
Descriptors: School Choice, Constitutional Law, Educational Vouchers, State Church Separation
