Opponents of
scholarship tax credit programs argue that private schools are not as accountable to state and local education achievement standards as public schools.
Not exact matches
Fordham
argues that school choice
programs, including both vouchers and
scholarship tax credits, should fall under the same accountability regimes as public schools because they utilize public funds.
The statewide teachers union, the Florida PTA, the Florida School Boards Association and other groups filed the lawsuit in August,
arguing the
tax credit scholarship program unconstitutionally created a «parallel» system of publicly supported schools and violated a state constitutional provision barring state aid for religious institutions.
As the Florida teachers union and school boards association announced a lawsuit this morning against the Florida
tax credit scholarship, the New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously upheld that state's
tax -
credit scholarship program,
arguing the plaintiffs had no standing.