A lawsuit filed by a group of public-school teachers and backed by the Indiana State Teachers Association claims that state's new school vouchers violate the state constitution by providing public money to religious institutions, and further undermine public schooling by giving public money to private schools. The state responds that, under the voucher program, the moneys used to pay tuition at the schools come from parents, not the state.
About 2,800 Indiana students have been approved for the state-funded vouchers, which allow even middle-class families to funnel a partial refund of their school taxes into private-school tuition, though there is some means testing.
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