The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a constitutional challenge to a $55 million school voucher program in Milwaukee. Last year, a Wisconsin appeals court struck down the initiative as unconstitutional, saying it violated the state’s prohibition against using state money “for the benefit of religious societies, or religious or theological seminaries.” Under the plan adopted by the state, private and parochial schools would receive $3,600 per student.
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