Supreme Court rules religious schools can get Maine tuition aid - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Students who live in a district with public schools or in a district that contracts with another public system are ineligible for the tuition program.
51% : Teacher unions and school boards said states can impose limits on public money for private education without running afoul of religious freedoms.
50% : In the Maine case, parents sued in federal court to be able to use state aid to send their children to Christian schools in Bangor and Waterville.
49% : In largely rural Maine, the state allows families who live in towns that don't have public schools to receive public tuition dollars to send their children to the public or private school of their choosing.
48% : "Maine's 'nonsectarian' requirement for its otherwise generally available tuition assistance payments violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
48% : In 2020, the high court ruled 5-4 that states must give religious schools the same access to public funding that other private schools receive, preserving a Montana scholarship program that had largely benefited students at religious institutions.
28% : Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a conservative majority that the program violates the Constitution's protections for religious freedoms.

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