Doris Simmons-Harris, et al.
Respondents
Robert H. Chanin, Counsel of RecordDoris Simmons-Harris, along with eight other private citizens, filed two separate suits, later consolidated, alleging that an Ohio State program providing vouchers to help low-income parents pay for their children’s private-school education violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The program applies to any school district under court-ordered State control, and Cleveland — with 57,000 schoolchildren in kindergarten through eighth grade — is the only one that presently qualifies. The Ohio law permits the participation of all private and charter schools within the Cleveland School District, as well as neighboring public school districts, although…
