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Bangor Christian Schools building in Bangor, Maine. | Credit: Photo courtesy of First Liberty Institute CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2024 / 16:11 pm A Christian school on Sept. 3 filed an appeal against Maine for attempting to dodge a U.S. Supreme Court ruling by passing a “poison pill” law that prevents Christian schools from participating in the state’s school choice program. First Liberty Institute and Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, on behalf of Crosspoint Church, which operates Bangor Christian Schools, asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to reverse a lower court decision . The decision upheld a Maine law, which the lawsuit calls a “poison pill” that effectively prevents religious schools from participating in the school choice program because of their beliefs. Crosspoint Church is a nondenominational Christian church in Bangor that runs Bangor Christian Schools (BCS), a preschool–12 religious school. Maine’s school choice tuitioning program — the second-oldest school choice program in the nation — allows families in rural districts with no public secondary schools to send their children to a public or private school of their choice. However, families could not use the tuition benefit at religious schools beginning in the 1980s after Maine required […]