California agrees to give religious families equal access to special education funds

California agrees to give religious families equal access to special education funds

For years, the state had purposefully and unconstitutionally denied Jewish parents the right to use federally mandated monies at religious schools, even though it allowed those same tuition resources to be used at secular private schools. The state of California has agreed to allow families to use public special education funds for tuition at religious schools, following a legal settlement reached after years of litigation. The decision marks a …