Wednesday, March 28, 2012

School voucher law ruled unconstitutional by Tulsa district judge

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=19&articleid=20120328_19_A4_CUTLIN120235

clip  Last September, the Union and Jenks school districts countersued the parents of six special-needs children to challenge the constitutionality of law. They said it violated the state constitution's prohibition against sending public dollars to private, sectarian institutions. 

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But Jerry Richardson, the school districts' attorney, noted that of the 40 private schools approved to participate in the scholarship program, only two were not affiliated with a church or religion. 


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However, Nightingale ruled that the school districts' had legal standing - meaning they were able to show they were harmed by the law - to initiate the lawsuit.

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