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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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05 Jan 2006 09:26:30 PM |
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Florida smacks down Christanic cultists once again |
From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-florida-school-vouchers,0,2625471..story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Fla. Court Strikes Down School Vouchers
By Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --
The Florida Supreme Court struck down the voucher system that allowed
some children to attend private schools at taxpayer expense, saying
Thursday that it violates the state constitution's requirement of a
uniform system of free public schools.
The 5-2 opinion struck down the Opportunity Scholarship Program,
championed by Gov. Jeb Bush, which was the nation's first statewide
system of school vouchers.
Under the 1999 law, students at public schools that earn a failing
grade from the state in two out of four years were eligible for
vouchers to attend private schools.
Barry Richard, representing the state, told the court in a hearing
last June that lawmakers have the "quintessential power" to spend
state money as they see fit, including spending state money on private
school vouchers.
Voucher opponents argued that the program unconstitutionally diverted
money from public to private schools, and that it violated the
separation of church and state.
The Supreme Court judges had allowed the state to enforce the law
while the case was on appeal.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Florida smacks down Christanic cultists once again |
06 Jan 2006 01:28:29 AM |
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In article <11rrondegb6j63a@corp.supernews.com>,
(Fredric L. Rice) wrote:
From The Associated Press, 1/5/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-florida-school-vouchers,0,
2625471..story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Fla. Court Strikes Down School Vouchers
By Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --
The Florida Supreme Court struck down the voucher system that allowed
some children to attend private schools at taxpayer expense, saying
Thursday that it violates the state constitution's requirement of a
uniform system of free public schools.
The 5-2 opinion struck down the Opportunity Scholarship Program,
championed by Gov. Jeb Bush, which was the nation's first statewide
system of school vouchers.
Under the 1999 law, students at public schools that earn a failing
grade from the state in two out of four years were eligible for
vouchers to attend private schools.
Barry Richard, representing the state, told the court in a hearing
last June that lawmakers have the "quintessential power" to spend
state money as they see fit, including spending state money on private
school vouchers.
Voucher opponents argued that the program unconstitutionally diverted
money from public to private schools, and that it violated the
separation of church and state.
The Supreme Court judges had allowed the state to enforce the law
while the case was on appeal.
According to a lengthier article, the court mainly addressed the uniform
public school issue, but not specifically church and state:
http://tinyurl.com/cp82k
From article:
"In a 5-2 ruling, the high court said the program undermines the public
schools and violates the Florida Constitution's requirement of a uniform
system of free public education.
Voucher opponents had also argued that the program violated the
separation of church and state in giving tax dollars to parochial
schools an argument a lower court agreed with. But the state Supreme
Court did not address that issue."
Still, I think that it was a good ruling.
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