The stakes are high for both sides in the national debate over public aid for religious schools.
WASHINGTON – Three moms from Montana will be at the Supreme Court Wednesday with a chance to make history onWhat they're fighting over may seem small: a discontinued state program that offered $150 tax credits to help spur $500 tuition scholarships. But the stakes are high for both sides in the national debate overConservative groups have flooded the high court with arguments supporting the Montana parents' cause.
Two of those are Kendra Espinoza's daughters: Naomi, 14, and Sarah, 11. Their mother is the lead plaintiff in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, and she's looking forward to her latest day in court – the Supreme Court. "Our values and our grounding and our character development – it comes from our faith, it comes from our religious background,” Espinoza says. The state's decision to end the program in the face of a lower court ruling, she says,"is really an anti-religious bias."
The biggest obstacle for Espinoza and the other two plaintiffs may be the state's latest position on the issue. When the Montana Supreme Court in 2018 ruled the program in violation of the state's constitution, officials shut down the entire program rather than exclude only religious schools. That, state officials say, should end the challenge.
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