Attorneys for the state and a group of parents asked the Florida Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit challenging a program that helps pay for tens of thousands of children to attend private schools.

The filings came amid ratcheted-up debate about the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. On Tuesday, House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’ Lakes, described the lawsuit, spearheaded by the Florida Education Association teachers union, as “evil.”

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