Judge rules using public scholarship funds for private education is unconstitutional

A judge in Kanawha County, West Virginia, ruled that a major school choice program that provided state funds for students leaving public school systems is in violation of the state constitution — putting the scholarships of some 3,000 students in jeopardy.

Kanawha Circuit Court Judge Joanna Tabit made the ruling to halt, at least temporarily, a program that uses state education funds to pay for tuition, tutoring, and transportation for students leaving public school for private school alternatives, among other things.