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Plans for religious charter school, though rejected for now, are already pushing church-state debates into new territory

  • Written by Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
Plans for religious charter school, though rejected for now, are already pushing church-state debates into new territoryWould religious charter schools be constitutional? More advocates are pushing to find out.FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can be used at private religious schools. School-choice advocates have won key cases at the Supreme Court in recent years, opening up more ways for public...

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