Advocates saw the program as a way to drum up donations to open up educational opportunities for families who may not be able to afford them; critics saw it as a workaround that would allow would-be state tax dollars to flow to private schools.
In its ruling, the court agreed with those critics. Though the state would not be sending a direct appropriation to nonpublic schools, it would "most assuredly" be raising funds for nonpublic education through the tax credit plan.