Publicly Funded Scholarships Cases
Educational Choice | Publicly Funded Scholarships
Parents File Petition to Restore South Carolina Educational Choice Program
In 2023, South Carolina created the Education Scholarship Trust Fund (“ESTF”) program. This student aid program grants thousands of qualifying, low-income families a $6,000 scholarship that parents can use for educational…
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Arkansas Mothers Intervene to Defend Education Freedom Accounts Program Against Lawsuit
Arkansas parents defend a state program that provides eligible families with thousands of dollars to cover certain educational expenses.
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Utah Families Defend Program That Expands Educational Opportunity
Utah families intervene to defend the Utah Fits All scholarship program, so that families have more choice with their children's' educational opportunities.
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IJ and a Group of Alaska Parents Seek to Protect Alaska's Popular Correspondence School Program
Alaska families intervene to defend a correspondence school program that gives them more options for their children's education.
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New Hampshire Families Fight to Defend Education Freedom Accounts
New Hampshire families are poised to defend the state’s Education Freedom Accounts (EFA) from a legal challenge.
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West Virginia School Choice
West Virginia parents intervene to defend one of the nation's best school choice programs to help obtain the education that will best meet the needs of their children.
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Grandparents Sue Granite State Over Unconstitutional Restriction on School Choice Program
The town of Croydon, New Hampshire does not operate a middle school and instead pays students’ tuition at nearby public or private schools. But a New Hampshire law prevented Croydon families from spending the money to choose a religious school. After a family challenged the law in court, the Legislature eliminated the unconstitutional restriction.
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Tennessee Parents Intervene in Court to Defend Education Savings Account Program
In 2019, Tennessee enacted an Education Savings Account that helped thousands of low-and-middle-income students receive a quality education. A year later, the mayor of Nashville announced a lawsuit attacking the program. A group of Tennessee families have teamed up with IJ to save the program.
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Maine Families Fight for School Choice in U.S. Supreme Court Appeal
The Case Victory! In a landmark 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that school choice programs must be neutral regarding…
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Puerto Rico School Choice
In March 2018, the Puerto Rican legislature enacted the Free School Selection Program, which gives needy families scholarships so that they can send their children to the school of their choice. A teachers’ union immediately challenged the program, and IJ stepped in to defend the program, ultimately saving the program.
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Parents Sue over Limiting Families’ Options under New School Choice Program
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Nevada Parents Stand Up for School Choice and Join Lawsuit to Defend ESA Program
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North Carolina Parents Join Legal Battle To Defend School Choice Program
Through the Opportunity Scholarship Program, North Carolina is giving low-income families the same educational choices that wealthier families already enjoy.
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Louisiana Federation of Teachers, et al v State of Louisiana, et al
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Defending Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts: Parents of Special Needs Children Must Again Defend Their Right to Choose Their Children’s Educational Options
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IJ Successfully Defended Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program
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Defending Parents’ Right to Choose Their Children’s Schools: Douglas County, Colorado’s Innovative Scholarship Program Is Constitutional
In Colorado, Douglas County created an innovative school choice program that offers modest scholarships to hundreds of students at a fraction of the cost of getting a public school education.
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Arizona Foster Parents and Parents of Children with Disabilities Defend School Choice From Unprecedented Legal Attack
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Florida School Choice: Opportunity Scholarship Programs
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Securing Educational Opportunity For Colorado Families: Institute for Justice and Colorado Parents Defend Historic Parental Choice Program
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U.S. Supreme Court issued its most important educational decision since Brown v. Board of Education
The Case On June 27, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Cleveland’s school choice program in the most important education decision since Brown v. Board of Education. The…
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