Dive Summary:
- The Lousiana Supreme Court has ruled that Governor Bobby Jindal's plan to fund a school voucher program is in violation of the state constitution.
- Part of a reform package passed in 2012, Act 2 takes money from students' per-pupil allocation, which is also called the minimum foundation program (MFP), to pay for tuition at private or parochial schools
- The Supreme Court's decision finds that MFP cannot go to private or parochial schools.
From the article:
"... The act authorizes both the Louisiana Scholarship Program and the new Course Choice program.
The vote was 6-1, with Justice Greg Guidry dissenting. The plaintiffs in the case include the Louisiana Association of Educators, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and the Louisiana School Boards Association.
The decision states that the per-pupil allocation, called the minimum foundation program or MFP, must go to public schools. Justice John Weimer writes, 'The state funds approved through the unique MFP process cannot be diverted to nonpublic schools or other nonpublic course providers according to the clear, specific and unambiguous language of the constitution.' ..."
