Montana Court Halts Education Savings Accounts for Special Needs Students Over Funding Flaws
A Montana judge’s ruling that lawmakers failed to properly fund education savings accounts puts a vital opportunity for special needs students on hold, exposing deeper state-level dysfunction and threatening parental freedom in education.
In a stunning setback for educational choice and parental empowerment in Montana, a district court judge blocked the state’s newly enacted Education Savings Account (ESA) program for students with disabilities, citing an unconstitutional funding structure. This decision underscores how bureaucratic missteps and legal entanglements can cripple initiatives designed to restore freedom and opportunity to families often neglected by rigid public school systems.Why Did the Court Kill a Program Designed to Empower Families?House Bill 393, the Students with Special Needs Equal Opportunity Act passed by Montana’s legislature in 2023, was crafted to redirect per-pupil funding from public schools into accounts that...
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