A federal appeals court has blocked Vermont from enforcing a rule that bars students attending religious schools from participating in a state program that allows high school juniors and seniors to dual-enroll in college courses before they graduate.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday granted (pdf) an emergency request to block Vermont from enforcing a rule that bars religious schools and their students from participating in the state’s Dual Enrollment Program while their appeal is pending. The program, which aims to help students reach postsecondary readiness, provides public funding directly to colleges so that eligible high schools students can take college classes before they graduate from high school.
