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To: Kenya AA who wrote (8321)	12/12/2000 6:42:02 AM
From: Mao II	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12663

Morning K. My U R up early! Yes timing does has its place. Looks 2 me like the Naz is a little ahead of itself. Futures are weak, tho not as weak as they were awhile ago. M2

To: Kenya AA who wrote (8321)	12/12/2000 7:10:01 AM
From: Mao II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12663

K: Looks like the courts are finally starting to get it right in one area of social policy: December 12, 2000 Court Overturns Use of Vouchers in Ohio Schools By JODI WILGOREN A federal appeals court declared a Cleveland school voucher program unconstitutional yesterday, upholding a lower court ruling that the use of public money to send thousands of children to parochial schools breaches the First Amendment's separation of church and state. The 2-to-1 decision, which included a vitriolic exchange among the judges, sets the stage for a United States Supreme Court showdown on one of the most contentious issues in education politics today. It comes a month after voters in Michigan and California roundly rejected school voucher programs in ballot initiatives and is the most significant legal decision yet on the question. "We certainly hope everyone will get the message," said Robert H. Chanin, general counsel for the National Education Association, the nation's largest teacher's union, who argued the case for a group of parents and teachers challenging the vouchers. "The message is, let's focus on improving the public schools and stop playing around with vouchers as a panacea." In the ruling, Judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said the Cleveland program did not present parents with a real set of options, because few nonreligious private schools and no suburban public schools had opened their doors. In 1999-2000, 96 percent of the 3,761 voucher students attended sectarian schools, receiving up to $2,500 each to offset tuition. "This scheme involves the grant of state aid directly and predominantly to the coffers of private, religious schools, and it is unquestioned that these institutions incorporate religious concepts, motives and themes into all facets of their educational planning," wrote Judge Clay, a 1997 Clinton appointee who was joined in the opinion by a 1991 Bush appointee, Judge Eugene E. Siler..... nytimes.com