Maine Court: No Public Funding For Religious Schools. Maybe.

 Three families living in Maine school districts that do not provide any in-district secondary education have so far lost their battle to have the state pay for their children's education at private religious schools. But the battle might not be over, or so suggested the judge adjudicating the case this week.

The three families sued the state – which is mandated to provide an equal education for its student-age population – for failing to reimburse them for tuition paid at Bangor Christian School in Bangor and Temple Academy in Waterville, the Portland Press Herald (PPH) reports. Maine families living in districts without high schools who send their children to private, non-religious schools are entitled to state subsidies and reimbursements. Maine state law excludes religious schools from receiving state aid.