PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS - POLITICAL AND 1ST-AMENDMENT CONSIDERATIONS

This article analyzes the private school choice debate through a revie w of the political and judicial history of efforts to provide private schools and their patrons with various forms of public aid. It also ex amines recent Supreme Court rulings that would apply to a constitution al challenge of a federal tuition voucher or tax credit program and di scusses the growing political support for such plans. Through this lon g-term analysis, the authors are able to make cautious predictions abo ut the likelihood that a federal tuition voucher or tax credit plan wi ll be passed by Congress or declared unconstitutional in the near futu re.