The state’s high court on Tuesday upheld a 3-year-old law that lets corporations divert some of their state income taxes to help students attend private and parochial schools.
Without comment, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected arguments by the Arizona Education Association and other foes of the law that the law amounts to the state providing illegal aid to these schools. The justices also apparently were unswayed by arguments that the law amounts to the state advancing religion, as most of the dollars collected end up in the coffers of parochial schools.
Tuesday’s ruling is the second time the high court has ruled that the system of credits does not run afoul of state constitutional provisions which bar state funds from being used in aid of private schools. The justices previously upheld a similar tax credit for individuals.
