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by bcadmin | Nov 7, 2022 | Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Associated Press, Catholic education, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Milwaukee, News, School vouchers | 0 |
School choice is one of many education issues that have become a partisan battleground, bringing parents to the polls this fall. One core question is how widely, if at all, taxpayer money should pay for private school tuition.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Maine, News, School vouchers | 0 |
Maine is ready to fund tuition for some religious school students for the first time since a Supreme Court ruling in June ordered the state to treat those schools the same as other private schools regarding tuition reimbursement.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Maine, News, School vouchers | 0 |
PORTLAND, Maine — Parents of children enrolled in Maine religious schools fought for years — all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court — for the state to treat tuition reimbursements the same as other private schools. But only one of the religious high schools that stood to benefit has […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 26, 2022 | Blaine Amendments, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Missouri, News, School vouchers, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Carson v. Makin ruling could eventually expand educational options for Catholic families, a former Missouri Catholic Conference official said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | Arizona, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, News, School choice, School vouchers | 0 |
The Catholic bishops of Arizona issued a joint statement lauding the passage and signing of a bill intended to expand school choice throughout the state.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 29, 2022 | Blaine Amendments, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Maine, News, School vouchers, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
The June 21 Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin declaring that a Maine tuition aid program excluding religious schools was unconstitutional resurrected interest in what are known as Blaine amendments.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Maine, News, Religious Freedom, School vouchers, Supreme Court | 0 |
Religious schools got what they wanted when the Supreme Court allowed them to participate in a state tuition program.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 21, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, First Amendment, Maine, News, Religious Freedom, School vouchers, U.S. Supreme Court, Vermont | 0 |
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 2, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Idaho, News, School vouchers | 0 |
An Idaho statehouse panel on Tuesday rejected legislation that opponents said would have harmed education by transferring more than $1 billion dollars of public money to private and religious schools.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, School vouchers, Vermont | 0 |
A federal appeals court on Wednesday explained its decision to stop Vermont from excluding tuition funding for students who attend a religious school, saying a lower court ruling from earlier this year did not go far enough to accomplish that.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 4, 2021 | Associated Press, Blaine Amendments, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Diocese of Charleston, News, School vouchers, South Carolina | 0 |
Private schools and colleges asked a federal judge Monday to strike down the provision in South Carolina’s constitution that bars public money for private and religious schools, saying the 1895 measure is discriminatory.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Indiana, News, School vouchers, Vouchers | 0 |
Republican lawmakers remain resolute on their push for a big expansion of Indiana’s private school voucher program in the face of pushback from public school leaders across the state.
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