Cleveland Voucher Program Ruling

The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the Cleveland scholarship program is good news for the parents of school children in Cleveland, good news to parents everwhere struggling to find educational alternative, and good news for realism in constitutional interpretation.

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June 28, 2000 

Loan of Computers and other educational materials to private school students upheld in US Supreme Court.

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April 21, 2000 

Tax Credit for Education Upheld in Illinois Court

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June 15, 1925

US Supreme Court (268 U.S. 510) - Parental Rights

This watershed unanimous decision of the US Supreme Court in 1925 defines a parent's right to choose a school consistent with his/her values, not those of the state or its institutions. This is the single point in Federal law which defines the relationship among states, parents and schooling.

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