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by (in alphabetical order) John Garrett Clawson, Reynaldo de la Garza, Victoria Keller, Sarah Pollock, Laurie Roberts, 

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At the present time, legislation passed in Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee have been been upheld by the court in state supreme courts in each of those respective states. In September, 2016, Nevada's ESA program was deemed unconstitutional - the state supreme court found that the law violated the state constitution's provision that all "school money" designated in the state's general fund is required to go to public schools.

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A summary of the evidence on vouchers is given on a separate page.

 

References

S.B. 1178, Texas 84th Cong. (2015).

S.B. 2695, Mississippi 114th Cong. (2015).

S.B. 302, Nevada 302nd Cong. (2015).

S.B. 431, Tennessee 431st Cong. (2015).

Arizona original bill – http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1553h.pdf

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Colorado – http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/us/colorado-court-rules-use-of-public-funds-for-private-schools-is-unconstitutional.html

DeForrest, Mark Edward. "An Overview and Evaluation of State Blaine Amendments: Origins, Scope, and First Amendment Concerns." Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 26.2 (2003): 551-626.