阿肯色州最高法院允许母亲参加对教育凭证方案合法性的诉讼。 Arkansas Supreme Court lets mothers join lawsuit over education voucher program's legality.

阿肯色州最高法院允许参加教育自由账户方案的三名学生的母亲干预对其合宪性提出的诉讼,并裁定如果该方案终止,他们可能因财政损失而具有直接的法律利益。 The Arkansas Supreme Court has allowed three mothers of students in the Education Freedom Account program to intervene in a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality, ruling they have a direct legal interest due to potential financial loss if the program is ended. 支持下级法院驳回国家驳回动议的4-3号裁决认为,国家不能通过主权豁免阻止案件,特别是在涉及非法使用公共资金的索赔案中。 The 4-3 decision, which upholds a lower court’s rejection of the state’s motion to dismiss, finds that the state cannot block the case through sovereign immunity, especially in claims involving illegal use of public funds. 2024年6月提出的诉讼认为,该方案将纳税人的钱转用于私立教育,违反了州宪法。 The lawsuit, filed in June 2024, argues the program violates the state constitution by diverting taxpayer money to private education. 案件还在继续,全民教育方案计划在2025-26年向近47 000名学生发放3.26亿美元。 The case continues, with the EFA program set to distribute $326 million to nearly 47,000 students in 2025-26.