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      "id": 103072,
      "date": "2002-07-03",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:07:31.466941",
      "title": "Education Vouchers: an Overview of the Supreme Court's Decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris",
      "summary": "Education vouchers generally refer to school choice programs in which the state will help parents\npay tuition for their children to attend out-of-district public schools, charter schools, private schools,\nand, sometimes, religious schools. When vouchers are used by parents to send their children to\nreligious school, public dollars flow from public to religious coffers, and therefore, may violate the\nEstablishment Clause of the First Amendment. However, in  Zelman v. Simmons-Harris ,\nthe\nSupreme Court upheld an Ohio school educational choice program that gave poor families in the\nCleveland public school system an opportunity to send their children largely at state expense to\nprivate schools, including religious schools. This report provides factual background and\nsummarizes the Court's prior precedent, the Sixth Circuit's decision, and the Supreme Court's\nanalysis of the relevant constitutional issues. It will not be updated.",
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