Kentucky Supreme Court Rules ‘Education Opportunity Accounts’ Unconstitutional

Students raise their hands to answer a teacher’s question during a socially distanced classroom session at Medora Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on March 17, 2021. Jon Cherry/Getty Images

A controversial piece of legislation to allow public tax dollars to go toward education opportunity accounts (EOA) in Kentucky has been struck down by the Kentucky Supreme Court as unconstitutional.

In their opinion, the court came to the conclusion the use of public funds for anything other than public schools, without express approval by voters, was in violation of the Kentucky Constitution.