Fairness, lawsuits, and the future of Vermont's education voucher system

July 2, 2021 (prerecorded 6/21): Many small Vermont towns don't operate a school or only offer classes up to a certain grade, such as middle school. To provide local students with a full pre-K - 12 education, these towns use a tuition, or voucher, system. These vouchers allow parents to send their students to other schools. Sometimes public, sometimes private. 

A series of court cases, however, seek to open the path for public dollars to fund private religious schools or programming. Derek W. Black, author and professor of law at South Carolina School of Law, dives into what the court cases mean for Vermont. 

Derek W. Black's website: https://www.derekwblack.com/about

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

Catch up on some of our previous shows about education funding in Vermont:

S1:E42 - Education spending and competing values: Part 1

S1:E43 - Education spending and competing values: Part 2

S2:E8 - Weighting on the wrong things in education funding