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A Florida court rules against the legality of that state's voucher system on the grounds that the State Constitution prohibits the spending of public money in aid of churches or religious institutions. "the voucher law requires that parents must endorse the voucher checks over to the participating private and religious schools. As Judge Davey observed, allowing this two-step payment mechanism to avoid the state constitution would represent 'a colossal triumph of form over substance.'"

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