Shall Public Funds Be Used To Directly Support Religious Schools? The Chittenden, Vermont Case.

Autor/inn/en	Mathis, William J.; Merriam, Karen E.
Titel	Shall Public Funds Be Used To Directly Support Religious Schools? The Chittenden, Vermont Case.
Quelle	(1998), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Catholic Schools; Church Role; Educational Finance; Educational Vouchers; High Schools; Nontraditional Education; Parent School Relationship; School Choice; State Church Separation; Vermont + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholische Schule; Kirchenbild; Bildungsfonds; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; High school; Oberschule; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Kirche-Staat-Beziehung
Abstract	This paper examines the increased activity in Vermont among proponents of educational vouchers for religious schools. It focuses on the "Chittenden" case, in which parents sued for tuition support to pay for their children's education at a local Roman Catholic high school. The report describes how the Roman Catholic Church and various political groups are calling for public monies to be used for funding religious education. Proponents of religious vouchers argue that education is a private good whose control is strictly in the hands of parents and students. Those opposed to religious vouchers ultimately rely on the First Amendment's establishment clause and, in Vermont's case, the state constitution, which prohibits the forced support of a religion. Opponents argue that the various cases that allow limited public funds, such as for special education, were for narrow purposes and the effect was not supportive of religion. The article looks at the arguments presented to the Vermont Supreme Court and the various issues presented by both sides of the religious voucher debate. It concludes that the broader issue becomes whether the state and the nation should continue to have "common schools", and it questions an educational system that is fragmented along religious, social, economic, and racial lines. (Contains 14 references.) (RJM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC