Ohio Supreme Court· 5/27/1999

Simmons-Harris v. Goff

Citations

86 Ohio St. 3d 1
711 N.E.2d 203

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holding that similar school choice program did not violate constitutional prohibition on use of state school funds because schools receive money \only as the result of independent decisions of parents and students\
holding that a program similar to the CSP did not violate the Ohio Constitution's requirement of \a thorough and efficient system of common schools\ because it did not undermine that state's obligation to public education at current funding levels
finding the fact that \[m]ost of the beneficiaries\ of a neutral school scholarship program \attend sectarian schools\ not relevant or persuasive
sustaining, in part, on Establishment Clause grounds a voucher program that includes sectarian schools
sustaining, in part, on Establishment Clause grounds a voucher program that includes sectarian schools
severing the portion of a bill that violated the one-subject rule

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Judges: Baird, Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Ninth, Only, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney, Twelfth, Young

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