Now, that well has all but dried up. The Supreme Court could say by late September whether it will hear a dispute over a groundbreaking Cleveland school voucher program. The case could finally settle the dispute over whether spending taxpayers' money on religious schools is constitutional. School choice opponents have been routinely including state constitutional claims in their challenges to school choice programs, so IJ already has considerable experience in combating such claims. After starting out as a virtual unknown in the state, Jersey City's maverick mayor beat his opponent 57 percent to 43 percent in the New Jersey contest for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
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But in Deerfield, voters have authorized the town to file a home rule petition to tax the schools' real estate should they not be satisfied with other contributions they are making. With just weeks to go, the plan's details are still in flux and many schools have yet to be contacted. Vouchers open the door to intrusion by local or state education officials, he explained, but tuition tax credits avoid that problem. United Kingdom A report on how private businesses run public services in Britain looks at a school in Surrey where the fears of teachers and parents have been dispelled. The existence of options is just too frustrating.