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Civil Liberties Union sues state
Thursday, January 10, 2013    
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Civil liberty advocates filed suit today against the Education Tax Credit system.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130109/NEWS06/130109207/-1/news

The Education Tax Credit system is the Republican-backed plan that issues tax credits to businesses that donate to scholarship funds used to pay tuitions for private and religious school. The lawsuit was filed in Strafford County Superior Court and names the state of New Hampshire as the defendant. It says the system violates two provision of the New Hampshire Constitution -- one that forbids the use of tax money for religious schools, the other that no person shall be compelled to pay for the support of any religious school.........