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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maine Law Denying Tuition Reimbursement for Religious School Students

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maine Law Denying Tuition Reimbursement for Religious School Students
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Matthew Vadum
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A federal appeals court upheld a Maine law under which the state may offer tuition reimbursement to parents who enroll their children in private schools but not to parents who enroll their children in religious schools.

About half of U.S. states have some kind of tuition voucher program.