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Liberty Counsel filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Kathleen M. Winn. The case involves parents that challenged an Arizona school choice law that provides dollar-for-dollar tax credits to taxpayers who make contributions to independent organizations, which in turn grant scholarships to attend private schools.

Liberty Counsel represents the American Association of Christian Schools, which includes nine Arizona private schools that will be directly affected by the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that stuck down the education choice law. The money coming to these organizations is from the voluntary donations of tax-paying citizens of Arizona, not from the government. Each organization within the program outlines which schools qualify for their scholarships. The donor chooses which organization to support and can donate up to $500/yr to this program, and 90 percent goes to help handicapped children. Plaintiffs complain that donations to secular schools are lower than donations to religious ones and, thus, secular schools and students are at a disadvantage through this program because they have less financial resources than religious schools and students through this program. Plaintiffs essentially are trying to argue that this tax credit establishes a state religion within Arizona.

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