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Article: Wisconsin court OKs school voucher plan. (state's supreme court approves public funds for private religious schools)(Obituary)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- July 15, 1998
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court in Madison has ruled that a publicly funded school voucher program in Milwaukee may be expanded to include private religious schools. In a 42 ruling June 10 the court said adding private religious schools to the program that had been limited to private nonreligious schools is constitutional.
The decision to expand the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program "places on equal footing options of public and private school choice and vests power in the hands of parents to choose where to direct the funds allocated for their children's benefit," Justice Donald Steinmetz wrote in the majority opinion.
The Milwaukee program, in operation ...