Parents Drop Suit Over Vouchers for Students With Disabilities
A group of Oklahoma parents has dropped a lawsuit against four school districts over private school tuition for their children, who have disabilities, leaving a court challenge over the constitutionality of the state vouchers in question.
Oklahoma’s Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Act became law in June 2010, allowing parents to send children to private schools using public money. Initially, the law required school districts to reimburse parents for tuition. Parents claimed some districts refused to do so and sued the Broken Arrow, Jenks, Tulsa, and Union districts over their tuition.
Two of the districts countersued the parents, challenging the...
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Correction:
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated how the Oklahoma legislature changed the law. The Department of Education now issues checks to parents.
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