The school says it seeks to build “an authentic Christian learning community.” But should it get taxpayer dollars to support its efforts?
That’s one of the questions before a federal court in a closely watched lawsuit that pits the private school against the state. The board of Maryland’s private school voucher program, which gives public dollars to low-income families who seek to send their children to private school, ruled in 2018 that Bethel could no longer receive voucher dollars because language in its handbook violated the program’s nondiscrimination policy. It also told the school that it had to pay back the $100,000 in voucher dollars it had already received.
