Kixeliz t1_jefgh99 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:57 PM

Reply to comment by TheGoldberryBombadil in Vermont House advances stricter regulations on private schools taking public tuition by casewood123

> No, that's a private religious school that does NOT receive public funding.

Yet. They sure are trying like hell, though.

https://vtdigger.org/2023/02/17/in-bid-for-state-approval-religious-schools-seek-to-sidestep-anti-discrimination-laws/

> But now, a pair of religious schools are testing that rule. In applications to the State Board of Education last month, the heads of two Vermont Christian schools sought approval for tuition money — but hinted that they might not follow all of Vermont’s anti-discrimination laws.

One of those two Christian schools? The same Mid-Vermont school that forfeit over a trans opponent.

TheGoldberryBombadil t1_jefh9d7 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Well, and there's the rub. Those schools can't (or shouldn't be able to) accept public funding without abiding by the public rules. Which makes such obvious sense. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

Kixeliz t1_jefi1iw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:07 PM

You would think, but then the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that school voucher programs can't discriminate against schools because of their religious practices. So that's why these Vt. schools are trying to force their way into public dollars.