Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuit, Preserves Florida School Vouchers
A bitter feud over Florida's largest private school voucher program ended Wednesday when the state Supreme Court tossed a lawsuit challenging a program used by nearly 98,000 school children.
The court in a 4-1 decision declined to hear the case, resulting in a significant victory to backers of school choice programs while handing a sizable defeat to Florida's main teacher union.
The brief one page order did not explain why the court rejected the lawsuit.
The Florida Education Association had pushed ahead with the legal challenge despite denunciations that the lawsuit could harm the families that use the vouchers offered through the tax credit scholarship program. Thousands of parents and children marched to the Capitol last year asking the union to "drop the suit."
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