March 25, 2009 4:02PM 

# More on the AZ Supreme Court Ruling 

By [Adam B. Schaeffer](https://www.cato.org/people/adam-b-schaeffer) 

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As Andrew Coulson [noted](../2009/03/25/vouchers-defeated-in-az-freedom-can-still-prevail/) earlier, the Arizona Supreme Court [struck down](http://www.supreme.state.az.us/opin/pdf2009/Cain%20Opinion%20CV080189PR.pdf) two voucher programs today that serve special needs and foster children.

I think some of his points deserve an additional emphasis; this is a [tragedy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gGMfGnvrD4&feature=channel_page) for many of the state’s most needy and vulnerable children but **it can be easily fixed**. (See who school choice opponents are so determined to send back to an inadequate public school system [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gGMfGnvrD4&feature=channel_page)).

These children can be quickly and seamlessly supported in their school of choice **through an** **immediate expansion of the state’s two existing education tax credit programs**, which have been [ruled](../2009/03/12/education-tax-credits-upheld-again/) [constitutional](http://ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1126&Itemid=165).

These children are in desperate need of the education they currently receive at private schools, and lawmakers must ensure that they can continue to attend their school of choice.

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