ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS REJECTS PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS -- An Arizona state appellate court ruled unanimously that vouchers for parents of disabled and foster children that help pay private school tuition violate the Arizona state constitution, reports Pat Kossan in the Arizona Republic, and the Associated Press.

The Court of Appeals in Tucson said that the programs, each funded at $2.5 million annually, violate the state constitution's "aid clause," which prohibits the use of public funds for churches and private or religious schools.
Supporters of the programs plan to appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court, while backers of the ruling applaud the move, which they feel returns badly needed public funding to the statewide public school system.

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