Arizona's Corporate Tuition Tax Credit program will continue, after the state's highest court announced Tuesday it would not review an earlier ruling.
The ACLU had asked for the review, arguing that the program was unconstitutional, because faith-based schools are allowed to participate.
The Tuition Tax Credit Program provides scholarships for low- and middle-income students so they can attend the school of their choice.
Gary McCaleb, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which filed a friend of the court brief in the case, said the program gives parents the options they deserve.
"To block those choices simply because the program allows religious and secular schools to participate equally is nothing short of discrimination," he said. "The appellate court ruled rightly, and we are very pleased that the Supreme Court's decision to let the ruling stand means that the ACLU's loss is children's gain."
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