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LWVFL Lunch & Learn



This week's webinar will feature a program centered around the recent Supreme Court of the United States ruling in Carson v. Makin.

 

The Supreme Court issued a ruling on June 21, 2022 in Carson v. Makin that requires the state of Maine to fund religious education at private religious schools as part of its tuition assistance program. The program pays for students to attend private school if their town does not have a public high school.

 

The decision marks the first time that the court has explicitly required taxpayers to support a specifically religious activity — religious instruction — and expands the court’s 2020 ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. There, the court held that that the Free Exercise Clause prohibited a state from excluding religious schools from private aid programs “solely because of their religious character.”


Agenda:

  • Discussion: How did Carson v. Makin make its way through the legal system? What impacts does this case have on public education in America? What impacts does this have on the separation of church and state? Are any changes in Florida expected due to this ruling? 
  • Q&A Session with Jessica Levin, Sam Boyd, Caren E. Short, Sue Legg and others!
  • LWVFL Updates & News



When:
Friday, August 12, 2022, 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM
Additional Info:
Category:
State & National League Events
Registration is required
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