TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Saying it has reached a “tipping point,” Florida’s teacher union along with other groups filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at ending one of the nation’s largest private school voucher programs.

The lawsuit filed in Leon County contends that a program that serves 60,000 students primarily from low-income families violates the state’s constitution by creating a parallel education system and by directing tax money to religious institutions. Most of the schools that utilize the vouchers in the nearly $300 million program are religious.

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