Legal battle over vouchers headed to Florida Supreme Court

(AP) — The fate of Florida's largest private school voucher program — which is offering scholarships to more than 90,000 children — is going to be decided by the state Supreme Court.

The Florida Education Association appealed an August appeals court ruling decision that found that the union and other groups have no legal standing to challenge the tax credit scholarship program.

The legal battle has been closely watched as supporters have mounted a public relations campaign to get the union to drop the lawsuit.

The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that this structure keeps the program from violating a constitutional ban on state aid to religious institutions because it involves the taxing, and not the spending power, of the Florida Legislature.