The Louisiana Supreme Court has refused a teachers union request for an injunction to halt the state's voucher program. Next comes a court battle over the constitutionality of vouchers.
The court issued the decision without comment in its refusal to stop Governor Bobby Jindal's education reform package.
Gene Mills of the Louisiana Family Forum says this is only round one in the fight with the Louisiana Association of Educators.
"Fortunately they were dealt a setback in the most recent dismissal where they sought an injunction to stop the program from going forward," he remarks. "So as of now, reform is still on the way -- teachers unions zero, education reform and children one."
He says the courts will now consider the Association's argument that using taxpayer dollars to fund private school education is unconstitutional.
"That's their best case, frankly," Mills acknowledges. "A court could go either way on that. It depends on their interpretation of public versus private and providing a system of education in the state of Louisiana, how broadly they define that."
Arguments over the constitutionality of state's voucher program are scheduled to begin in October.