Alaska court weighing arguments in case challenging the use of public money for private schools

Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that challenges as unconstitutional laws that have allowed families with children in home-study programs to use public money for education-related expenses at private schools. The court heard arguments Thursday in Anchorage. That came more than two months after a lower court judge sided with a group of parents and teachers who brought the challenge. The case centers on provisions of state law passed a decade ago. Those provisions have allowed families with children in correspondence school programs to receive thousands of dollars a year in reimbursements for instruction-related costs.