Religious Schools Challenging Vermont Tuition Law

Montpelier News Today | 2 Min New | The Daily News Now! · Jun 26, 2026 · 1m

A religious liberty group is challenging Vermont’s Act 73 in federal appeals court, arguing it unlawfully excludes religious schools from a tuition reimbursement program for students attending private schools in other towns. Once open to 46 schools, the program now funds only 18—none religious—sparking a legal battle over whether the law violates a 2022 Supreme Court ruling requiring religious schools to be included when public funds go to private education. While lawmakers claim the exclusion was based on geography or enrollment, not religion, the plaintiffs insist the First Amendment…