A key component of current school reform efforts focuses on increasing parental choice through voucher systems and programs that provide tax benefits for contributions to scholarship programs for private school tuition. Indeed, proposals to adopt such programs have been or currently are being considered in four-fifths of the states, and about half…

Scholarship programs authored by state legislatures may conflict with a state's constitution. In the case of "Locke v. Davey" 540 U.S. 807 (2003), Joshua Davey challenged the State of Washington's withdrawal of his Promise Scholarship claiming violation of his First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. This…

Reviews "Davey v. Locke," an Establishment Clause case before the Supreme Court. The Court will decide the constitutionality of Washington State's Blaine Amendment, prohibiting aid to religious schools. The lawsuit began when a state agency, citing the Blaine Amendment, revoked Joshua Davey's state-funded scholarship after he switched…