School choice supporters won a major victory in the US Supreme Court. The Court recently ruled 5 to 4 to dismiss the lawsuit by the ACLU against Arizona’s novel scholarship program.
Chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 placed an unconstitutional payroll tax and financial burden on tax-exempt religious schools in 12 counties of New York State. This tax is referred to as the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility (MCTM) tax. The MCTM is a tax on employers – including constitutionally-protected churches and synagogues.
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF) believes that the time has come for the State of New York to pass legislation to help parents with the real costs of educating their children (including enrollment in a private school, home-school expenses, or special tutoring).
