The Indiana Teachers Union today filed suit against the state's school voucher program, claiming among other things that the plan improperly sends taxpayer money to religious schools.
The association contends the voucher law violates provisions of the Indiana Constitution that safeguard Indiana taxpayers by ensuring they are not compelled, through the taxes they pay, to support religious institutions, ministries and places of worship.
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“There is no question that this law violates the provisions of the Indiana Constitution that protect taxpayer dollars from being funneled to private, religious and for-profit organizations,” said Teresa Meredith, a teacher in the Shelbyville Central Schools and one of the plaintiffs in the case.
