Will it deem the distinction between direct and indirect aid significant? (educationnext.org)
The New York Court of Appeals held that although busing all students to their schools was primarily for the benefit of the child, it still had the effect of giving an incidental benefit to religious schools and thus violated New York's Blaine Amendment prohibiting indirect aid. (edchoice.org)
Pointing out that «states with constitutional provisions similar to ours have uniformly rejected the notion that schools are not aided by tuition payments,» the court in this case rejected the argument that the voucher payments merely represent indirect aid to private schools because they go to students and their parents, who then make the payment to the schools. (nsba.org)