Maine Student Aid Program Discriminates on Basis of Religion, Supreme Court Hears

Maine Student Aid Program Discriminates on Basis of Religion, Supreme Court Hears
The Supreme Court in Washington on June 8, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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A Maine law that excludes families from a student aid program if they choose to send their children to religious schools is flatly unconstitutional and should be struck down, a seemingly sympathetic Supreme Court heard Dec. 8.

The program at issue provides tuition assistance for students who don’t have a local public school so they can attend private institutions, as long as the funding isn’t used for religious education.