Chittenden parents file lawsuit challenging Vermont’s new public tuition rules

Two Chittenden parents are suing the Vermont Agency of Education in federal court, alleging Vermont illegally excludes religious schools from being eligible for the state’s public tuition program for private schools. The lawsuit, filed by Carrie and Greg Bishop, alleges that the requirements for private schools to receive public tuition dollars under Vermont’s 2025 education reform law “create a de facto religious exclusion” that violates the First Amendment. “They’re not receiving equal treatment, yet they deserve equal access to public funding alongside other families in the state,” said Jacob Reed, the lawyer representing the Bishop family, in an interview. Reed works for Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal organization based in Arizona that is increasingly involved in state politics and has previously challenged the constitutionality of Vermont’s public tuition program. The Bishop family alleges they’re experiencing religious discrimination.

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