holding Act 297 of 1963 which provided scholarship grants from State funds to every student "who desires to attend a private school within this state" because "the cause of primary and secondary education in South Carolina will be advanced if individual children of school age, their parents and guardians, are made free to choose between public and private educational institutions" was an unconstitutional attempt to circumvent the requirement that "the State of South Carolina not discriminate on the basis of race or color in its public educational system"
How later courts described this case
- holding Act 297 of 1963 which provided scholarship grants from State funds to every student "who desires to attend a private school within this state" because "the cause of primary and secondary education in South Carolina will be advanced if individual children of school age, their parents and guardians, are made free to choose between public and private educational institutions" was an unconstitutional attempt to circumvent the requirement that "the State of South Carolina not discriminate on the basis of race or color in its public educational system"
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Per Curiam.
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.