An appeals court rejected a challenge to Florida’s de facto school voucher system, setting up a potential Supreme Court battle about whether teachers and parents have the right to sue over a program that provides private-school tuition for tens of thousands of students.
In a 30-page ruling, a three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeal upheld a trial judge’s decision throwing out the case because the individual plaintiffs and groups challenging the program do not have “standing,” or the legal right to bring a lawsuit. The case has been spearheaded by the Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union.
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