It may be that a more important constitutional issue here is that of providing public money to parochial schools, which are religious institutions.

Perhaps Rabbi-Sol could illuminate this aspect of the issue--Historically, the American Jewish Community, both secular and religious, has been a strong force in the alliance against subsidy of Parochial Schools, based on the concept of separation of church and state--now, it seems that there are strident voices in the Orthodox community who regard this as some sort of betrayal--