Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court striking down a prohibition against religious schools’ participation in a Maine tuition assistance program:
“Religious freedom and school choice had their day in court-and they emerged as victors. Today’s decision handed down by the Supreme Court affirms that prohibitions against religious schools participating in choice programs is a flagrant violation of the First Amendment. There has never been, and there will never be, a line-item veto to the Constitution. Religious exclusion has no place in education, and today’s decision is a testament to that simple fact."
