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DUNCAN V. NEVADA

Nevada created an education savings account program to expand school choice. Predictably, teacher unions challenged the law as unconstitutional. WILL filed an amicus brief in support of the law, which the Nevada Supreme Court found did not unconstitutionally spend public funds for a religious purpose.

SAINT JOAN ANTIDA V. MPS

The Milwaukee Public School District refuses to transport children to private schools as it is required to do by state law. WILL sued to force the district to abide by its obligations.

SCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN ACTION V. DPI

WILL sued State Superintendent of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for their unfair, illegal treatment of private schools in Wisconsin’s choice programs. DPI denied private choice schools the opportunity to fully utilize online, virtual learning as part of classroom instruction.

ESPINOZA V. MONTANA DOR

The Montana Supreme Court struck down a popular scholarship tax credit program for violating its state constitution’s prohibition on providing any public funds, directly or indirectly, to religious institutions (private schools in this case). We filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and rule that such “Blaine Amendments” in state constitutions are unconstitutional because they discrimination against religion.

SCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN V. CAROLYN STANFORD TAYLOR

Case Name: School Choice Wisconsin v. Carolyn Stanford Taylor Type of Case: Good Government; School Choice Court: Jefferson County Circuit Court Case ...

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS V. DPI

WILL sued the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on behalf of a West Allis family, Heritage Christian Schools, and School Choice Wisconsin Action (SCWA), after the department adopted an illegal policy to block a family from enrolling in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (WPCP) – the statewide voucher program.

MICHIGAN V. DEVOS; WASHINGTON V. DEVOS; NAACP V. DEVOS

Case Names: Michigan v. DeVos, Washington v. DeVos, NAACP v. DeVos Type of Case: CARES Act relief for private schools Court: Federal court Case ...

MATTOON V. ANTIGO SCHOOL DISTRICT

Case Name: Village of Mattoon v. Antigo School District Type of Case: Education Court: Shawano County Circuit Court Case Number: 2019-CV-10 Filed ...