A State Establishes a School Voucher Program Where Students or Parents

question 56

Multiple Choice

A state establishes a school voucher program where students or parents can choose to give the voucher money to either secular or religious schools.The Supreme Court is likely to rule this state program

• A)unconstitutional, because it can amount to a government establishment of religion.
• B)unconstitutional, because the voucher program would amount to an excessive entanglement between government and religion.
• C)constitutional, because it allows a religious student to pursue his or her free exercise to attend a religious school.
• D)constitutional, because the establishment clause of the Constitution only applies to federal programs and not to state policies.
• E)constitutional, because the program does not favor religious schools over nonreligious schools when it is the student or parent making the choice.

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