Supreme Court Upholds School Choice, Free Exercise in Maine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Maine does not operate assigned public schools in every town, particularly in rural far northern Maine, but students must still attend K-12 schools.
48% : Roberts wrote, "Maine's decision to continue excluding religious schools from its tuition-assistance program ... promotes stricter separation of church and state than the Federal Constitution requires."He went on to say, "The State pays tuition for certain students at private schools -- so long as the schools are not religious.
46% : On Tuesday, the court made it abundantly clear that picking and choosing who receives public benefits that are otherwise available to all, based on whether they are religious or want to use that benefit in a religious way, offends the First Amendment.
45% : Because of that, state officials have allowed families and children to choose private schools outside of their local area using tuition assistance from the state.
43% : For many years, religious private schools were included among those educational options for families.

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