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1、法律类文章精选：POORGRADEFORVOUCHERS 6POORGRADEFORVOUCHERS AjudgeflunksClevelandsuseofvouchersforparochialschools.Butwillthatstallthemovement? WalterMilancukspublic-schoolhorrorstorybeganearly,whenhissonDerrickspentkindergarteninanovercrowdedroomfulofstudentswhoregularlyfoughtinclassandcursedtheteacher.Mila
2、ncukwantedtotransferDerrick,buthissalaryasaforkliftdrivercouldntcoverprivate-schooltuition.YetMilancukfoundawayout,thankstoClevelandspioneeringschool-voucherprogram,whichgrantedhimcloseto$1,500instatefundstohelpenrollDerrickatSt.Stanislaus,anearbyCatholicschool.NowDerrickwearsacrispuniform.Hisreadin
3、ghasimproved.AndtheweeklyMassandBiblestudyhavemovedDerricktosayhisdailyprayerswithoutprompting.Sayshisdad,Theschoolisreallybuildinghisfaith. Thatmayprovetobemoreofacursethanablessing.LastweekafederaljudgestruckdownClevelandsvoucherprogram,rulingthatitviolatestheconstitutionalseparationofchurchandsta
4、te.CitingJeffersonandMadison,JudgeSolomonOliverJr.wrotethatbecausefour-fifthsoftheprivateschoolsparticipatinginthevoucherprogramarereligious,theprogramrobsparentsofgenuinechoicebetweensectarianandsecularschools,thusadvancingreligionthroughgovernment-supportedreligiousindoctrination.Thedecisionisthef
5、ourthinrecentmonthstobartheuseofvouchersinparochialschools,andvoucheropponents-mainlyteachersunionsandliberalinterestgroups-seeitasamajorvictory. Voucherbackers-anunusualcoalitionofinner-cityparentsandconservativegroups-retortthatthejudgemisreadboththeClevelandprogramandtheFirstAmendment.TheypointoutthatClevelandparentswhodontlikeparochialschoolscansendtheirkidstothecitysregularpublicschools,ortopubliccharterschoolsandmagnetscho
