CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for June 22, 2022

Supreme Court Rejects Maine’s Ban on Aid to Religious Schools

Jun 22, 2022 |New York Times | parent choice, school choice, vouchers | National, States, Northeast, Maine

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the majority, said the ruling did not require states to support religious education. But states that choose to subsidize private schools, he added, may not discriminate against religious ones.

Supreme Court: Schools offering religious instruction may be entitled to state tuition aid

Jun 22, 2022 |USA Today | parent choice, school choice, vouchers | National, States, Northeast, Maine

A 6-3 majority ruled Maine's denial of taxpayer money to religious schools was discriminatory. The court's liberal wing said the decision erodes separation of church and state.

Supreme Court: Religious schools must get Maine tuition aid

Jun 22, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | parent choice, school choice, vouchers | National, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine can't exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money.

Opinion | Religion, Schools and the Supreme Court

Jun 22, 2022 |Wall Street Journal | parent choice, school choice, vouchers | National, States, Northeast, Maine

Chief Justice John Roberts delivered another opinion Tuesday that might inspire religious believers to thank God for the First Amendment. Some parts of Maine, which is the nation’s most rural state, don’t operate their own high schools. Rather, they send tuition money to the school of the family’s choice. But religious schools are specifically excluded.

A Supreme win for school choice (Editorial)

Jun 22, 2022 |New York Post | parent choice, school choice, vouchers | National, States, Northeast, Maine

In a win for parents and school-choice advocates, the US Supreme Court overturned a Maine law Tuesday that denied religious schools access to state tuition assistance available to students attending secular private institutions.

US Supreme Court decision could affect private school funding debate, court case in Michigan

Jun 22, 2022 |Michigan Radio | charter schools, school choice | States, Midwest, Michigan

A U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday in a school choice case from Maine could play a role in the Michigan debate over private and public school funding. A divided court held that states offering subsidies to private schools cannot exclude religious schools.

Why parents could be the new swing voters

Jun 22, 2022 |Politico | elections, parent choice | National

The state of American education is a growing concern for voting parents this year, and that offers a potential edge to candidates hoping to appeal across partisan lines in November.

Nebraska school choice supporters say high court ruling provides ‘momentum’

Jun 22, 2022 |Lincoln Journal Star | school choice, vouchers | States, Midwest, Nebraska

School choice advocates in Nebraska called the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on a tuition assistance program in Maine “a monumental and motivating win.” Opponents, meanwhile, argue it undermines public schools.

Boston Public Schools moves forward in finding a new leader. Meet the two finalists

Jun 22, 2022 |Boston Globe | elections, public schools, superintendents | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

Dr. Tommy Welch, Region 1 school superintendent (K-12), Boston Public Schools, and Mary Skipper, superintendent of Somerville Public Schools, were announced as finalists for the position of BPS superintendent Tuesday.

Supporters petition to keep Innovation Academy

Jun 22, 2022 |Times News | curriculum, parent choice, school innovation | States, South, Tennessee

The petition seeks to reverse a budget- driven decision by the board to end the program, which would have entered its 10th year this August.

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