does this bring educational vouchers in through a side door?

A provocative post from Indiana Barrister...

Or to use a more politically-correct term: should education funding follow students?

From the SCOTUS blog…

The U.S. Supreme Court today by a 6-3 vote ruled that parents of a disabled child, who decide on their own to transfer the child to a private school, are entitled to tuition reimbursement from the local school district even if the child had never received any special education aid previously.

If a public school fails to provide an adequate education for the child, the Court said in the opinion written by Justice John Paul Stevens, the parents are entitled to be repaid for the money they spend at a private school as an alternative.

(Forest Grove School District v. T.A., 08-305).