Liberal Interest Groups 2, Arizona Children 0

Dan Lips / March 26, 2009

Yesterday, the teachers unions and the ACLU celebrated a victory: the Arizona State Supreme Court ruled that two school voucher programs serving special needs students and foster children were unconstitutional under state law. Of course, this victory for liberal interest groups is a big setback for some of the most at-risk children in Arizona.

The Institute for Justice, which defended the program in court, highlighted the impact that this ruling could have on one family:

One of those children will be Lexie Weck, a six-year-old little girl with autism, cerebral palsy and mild mental retardation who relies on the program for pupils with disabilities to attend the Chrysalis Academy, a small private school in Tempe that specializes in working with autistic children. Andrea Weck, Lexie’s single mom, was one of the parents who joined with the Institute to Justice to defend the program in Court. (more…)