These monumental school choice cases in Vermont are a victory for parents everywhere

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : However, Vermont school districts blocked qualifying students from utilizing this benefit at private religious schools that did not have "adequate safeguards" that shielded funding from "religious education."
62% : The court ruled that Maine's law requiring tuition assistance be used toward a "nonsectarian school" violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
61% :The legal settlements are a victory for religious freedom and for school choice.
61% : The recent legal settlements in Vermont are a victory for champions of religious freedom, advocates for school choice, and America's children who deserve the opportunity to achieve their dreams.
51% : Under this program, students residing in towns without public schools selected a public or approved secular private school to attend, and the town paid tuition on their behalf.
43% : As Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Paul Schmitt said in a statement announcing the settlements, "All parents should be able to send their kids to schools that are the best fit for them, and the First Amendment protects parents' right to choose religious schools."

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