The special interests defending the education status quo have lost the battle for hearts and minds on school choice. Families across America are demanding education freedom, and state legislatures are delivering it. But rather than adapt or improve, these groups are now weaponizing the courts in a last-ditch effort to shut down competition.
Their latest wave of lawsuits claims that school choice programs violate state constitutions by diverting funds from the mandated “system of public schools.” Their argument is as flimsy as it is desperate.
Every state constitution has an education clause requiring the legislature to provide for public education. These special interests argue that such a clause means taxpayer dollars can go only to public schools, and anything else, such as vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, or
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