LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Tax credits to help fund private schools went before Kentucky’s Supreme Court on Wednesday in Shelbyville.
“It is an appropriation, it is a wolf in sheep’s clothing to say this isn’t an appropriation, it’s a total ignoring of the facts,” Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. said.
Supporters of House Bill 563 barely started their presentation when justices started questioning the way the program would work.
The law allows tax credits in return for donations to education opportunity accounts, that can be used to fund private school for families in the state’s larger counties who can’t afford tuition.
The state set aside $125 million over five years for the credits. Public school districts are fighting to block the funding, saying it’s a back door way for public dollars to fund private education.
The credit is nearly a dollar for dollar match for donors up to a …