Sentences with phrase «ruling against the vouchers»

Education Next's legal beat columnists Martha Derthick and Josh Dunn wrote about the case as it worked its way through lower courts in Colorado, noting that a state supreme court ruling against the vouchers on Blaine Amendment grounds could open the way for a challenge to Blaine Amendments before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Still, there is a distinct, though improbable, possibility that the Supreme Court will rule against the voucher program on fundamental First Amendment grounds.

The case ricocheted through Colorado to the U.S. Supreme Court and back to Colorado again, where the state supreme court is set to reconsider its ruling against vouchers on the grounds of Colorado's Blaine Amendment, which prohibits public funding of religious institutions.

«If the Court does not rule against these voucher schemes, it will strengthen efforts that seek to erode school board members» ability to prepare all students for success in the 21st century.»

Not exact matches

The Nov. 9 high court action leaves intact a ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that said the voucher program's inclusion of religious schools does not violate the U.S. Constitution's prohibition against government establishment of religion.

Former Douglas County School District board member Craig Richardson addresses the media on June 29, 2015, after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled against the district's voucher program.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that vouchers violated the state constitution in 2009, and the union and state school boards» association filed suit against education savings accounts shortly after Gov. Jan Brewer signed them into law.

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