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法律类文章精选:POORGRADEFORVOUCHERS 6POORGRADEFORVOUCHERS AjudgeflunksClevelandsuseofvouchersforparochialschools.Butwillthatstallthemovement? WalterMilancukspublic-schoolhorrorstorybeganearly,whenhissonDerrickspentkindergarteninanovercrowdedroomfulofstudentswhoregularlyfoughtinclassandcursedtheteacher.MilancukwantedtotransferDerrick,buthissalaryasaforkliftdrivercouldntcoverprivate-schooltuition.YetMilancukfoundawayout,thankstoClevelandspioneeringschool-voucherprogram,whichgrantedhimcloseto$1,500instatefundstohelpenrollDerrickatSt.Stanislaus,anearbyCatholicschool.NowDerrickwearsacrispuniform.Hisreadinghasimproved.AndtheweeklyMassandBiblestudyhavemovedDerricktosayhisdailyprayerswithoutprompting.Sayshisdad,Theschoolisreallybuildinghisfaith. Thatmayprovetobemoreofacursethanablessing.LastweekafederaljudgestruckdownClevelandsvoucherprogram,rulingthatitviolatestheconstitutionalseparationofchurchandstate.CitingJeffersonandMadison,JudgeSolomonOliverJr.wrotethatbecausefour-fifthsoftheprivateschoolsparticipatinginthevoucherprogramarereligious,theprogramrobsparentsofgenuinechoicebetweensectarianandsecularschools,thusadvancingreligionthroughgovernment-supportedreligiousindoctrination.Thedecisionisthefourthinrecentmonthstobartheuseofvouchersinparochialschools,andvoucheropponents-mainlyteachersunionsandliberalinterestgroups-seeitasamajorvictory. Voucherbackers-anunusualcoalitionofinner-cityparentsandconservativegroups-retortthatthejudgemisreadboththeClevelandprogramandtheFirstAmendment.TheypointoutthatClevelandparentswhodontlikeparochialschoolscansendtheirkidstothecitysregularpublicschools,ortopubliccharterschoolsandmagnetscho
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