Yet Vermont has its own constitutional provisions addressing religious liberty - and now lawmakers have to find a way to navigate between the state and federal constitutions. That means Vermont’s system will likely also have to change.
Last week, justices sided with the parents and struck down Maine’s restriction as unconstitutional. Parents sued, arguing it violated their freedom of religion. Maine did not allow families to use this tuition money at religious schools, where faith was a significant part of the curriculum.
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The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the VTDigger newsroom. Joseph’s Academy in Rutland has come up in multiple lawsuits challenging Vermont’s tuition system, including one now pending in federal court, which was delayed awaiting the outcome of Carson v. The question of whether the state can pay tuition to Mount St.
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