SCHOOL FINANCE. Silver State Supreme Court Finds Educational Savings Accounts Unconstitutional.

Why did the Nevada State Supreme Court find educational savings accounts unconstitutional? The funding mechanism was unconstitutional because it took money away from schools

Was there a way the Court said educational savings accounts could be funded? If there was a separate funding mechanism that was not removing  funds from public education

When did this happen? September 2016

How would have  Nevada’s educational savings accounts work?

• Parents would have been able to access up to $5,000
• The $5000  would have otherwise been distributed to their child’s public education
• parents could put the $5000 toward private education and other academic expenses

Jurist | Nevada top court rules school funding system unconstitutional

CATO Institute | Nevada Supreme Court: Education Savings Accounts Are Constitutional, Funding Mechanism Isn’t

Las Vegas Review Journal | Nevada Supreme Court strikes down school choice funding method