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WASHINGTON 鈥� Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS), a campaign of the 澳彩开奖, 澳彩开奖 Action Fund, Education Law Center, and Munger, Tolles & Olson, issued the below statement following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which overruled a previous decision by Montana鈥檚 highest court that struck down a publicly funded voucher program in accordance with the state constitution鈥檚 1972 no-aid provision.聽 The PFPS amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the decision of the Montana Supreme Court can be found .

The following statement is from Tamerlin Godley, Partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson:

鈥淚t is unfortunate that the Supreme Court of the United States has overruled the will of the people of Montana by denying them the crucial ability to preserve public funds for public schools. The state鈥檚 1972 constitution clearly expresses Montanan鈥檚 desire to keep taxpayer funds in public schools and thereby fulfill their commitment to provide a free, high-quality education to all Montana children. Expenditure of taxpayer dollars to aid private, religious schools violates Montana鈥檚 state constitution.聽

鈥淒iverting limited public funds to support private schools does not improve educational opportunities for students. Our focus should be to strengthen our country鈥檚 underfunded public schools, which are open to all and educate the vast majority of our students.聽

鈥淧FPS will continue our advocacy to ensure that public funds for education are used to maintain, support, and strengthen public schools.聽 All children deserve a thriving public school in their community.鈥�

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