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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Maine law is a bit flawed in that it allows the money to be used to pay for education in (1) another public school district or (2) a non-sectarian private school.

I bet the law is revised so that the money can only be used in public schools. Non-sectarian private schools are pretty rare; most privates in the US are religiously affiliated. My guess is that the plaintiffs are also making a burden argument - it takes too long to travel to a non-sectarian private and there is a religious private school closer to their home.
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I thought its because it is so remote there aren't enough students to have a school? Homeschool has its own drawbacks. If they limited it to public schools only is that legal? [/quote]

Correct - these are rural families and there are not enough kids to have a local school district. But the kids can use the money to compensate other nearby school districts to "buy" admission.

These kids have to travel to school, regardless if its private or public. Maine could short circuit this case by just amending the law to remove private school subsidies and only allow the funds to be spent in public schools. No one is owed a private school education.[/quote]

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