Three Douglas County families today filed an appeal of the judge’s ruling that stopped the Douglas County School District’s voucher program.
“We are confident that the Court of Appeals will correct the trial court’s decision, which ignored or attempted to rationalize away existing Colorado and U.S. Supreme Court precedent that clearly authorizes the scholarship program,” Michael Bindas, a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice, said in a press release.
Bindas is representing the Oakley, Doyle and Anderson families in defending the Douglas County School District’s Choice Scholarship Program.
According to the Arlington, Va.-based Institute of Justice, the Douglas County School District has also appealed the ruling.
The voucher program gives students money for tuition to attend private schools in and near Douglas County.
In June, the American Civil Liberties Union and several others filed a lawsuit against the district, saying the voucher program violated the state constitution because taxpayer money was going to private and religious schools.
Last month, Denver District Court Judge Michael Martinez agreed and issued a permanent injunction blocking the Choice Scholarship Program.
