Editing School voucher (section)

====Teaching creationism instead of evolution====
Some private religious schools in voucher programs teach [[creationism]] instead of the [[Evolution|theory of evolution]], including religious schools that teach religious theology side by side with or in place of science.<ref name=politico/>  Over 300 schools in the U.S. have been documented as teaching creationism and receiving taxpayer money.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hundreds of Voucher Schools Teach Creationism in Science Classes {{!}} Blog {{!}} Independent Lens {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/hundreds-of-voucher-schools-teach-creationism-in-science-classes/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Independent Lens |language=en-US}}</ref> A strict definition of state-funded religious education was narrowly deemed constitutional in ''[[Zelman v. Simmons-Harris]]'' (2002).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kopplin |first=Zack |date=January 16, 2013 |title=Creationism spreading in schools, thanks to vouchers |work=MSNBC |url=http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/16/creationism-spreading-in-schools-thanks-to-vouchers/}}</ref> At least 35 states have passed various [[Blaine Amendment]]s restricting or prohibiting public funding of religious education.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Denniston |first=Lyle |author-link=Lyle Denniston |date=January 19, 2016 |title=Constitution Check: Are the states' "Blaine Amendments" on shaky ground? |url=http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/01/constitution-check-are-the-states-blaine-amendments-on-shaky-ground/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816043553/http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/01/constitution-check-are-the-states-blaine-amendments-on-shaky-ground/ |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=August 11, 2016 |website=constitutioncenter.org |publisher=[[National Constitution Center]]}}</ref> However, ''[[Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue]]'' (2020) ruled that it is unconstitutional to disqualify all religious schools from receiving public funds that other private schools are eligible to get.