ACLU files suit challenging Dougco school voucher plan
POSTED: 06/21/2011 10:58:46 AM MDT
UPDATED: 06/21/2011 12:05:41 PM MDT
The Douglas County School Board heard a mix of support and opposition to school vouchers during a meeting on December 7, 2010 in Castle Rock. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)
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The ACLU and two other civil liberties groups today filed suit in Denver District Court to challenge the Douglas County School District's voucher plan to direct public money to private, religious schools.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State as well as the national and state organizations of the American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit in Denver District Court on behalf of plaintiffs, including the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado, a reform rabbi, a United Church of Christ pastor, the Douglas County's library district director, an an handful of Douglas County parents.
They contend the district's "Pilot Choice Scholarship Plan" violates the state constitution by allowing public funds to be channeled to
EXTRAS
- Read the complaint in the Douglas County school vouchers case. (PDF, 24 pages)
