Union, Jenks school districts file lawsuit on vouchers
By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
Published: 9/7/2011 2:27 AM
Last Modified: 9/7/2011 7:50 AM
Union and Jenks school districts have filed a lawsuit in state court to challenge the constitutionality of a law that allows the use of public funds to send special-needs students to private schools.
In a petition filed in Tulsa County District Court Friday, the lawsuit names as defendants the parents of special-needs students who alleged in a federal lawsuit in April that the districts refused to provide scholarships last year for their children to attend private schools.
The school districts also are asking the court to declare Oklahoma's Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Act - or House Bill 3393 - and its subsequent amendments in HB 1744 unconstitutional and invalid.
"The voucher system that was put in place is going to be taking significant money from public
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