BOISE, Idaho — Eleanor Lobue and her husband spend roughly $40,000 a year educating their five school-aged children, navigating a complex web of public schools, private institutions, homeschooling and online programs to meet each child's unique needs.
Now, the Lobue's, a family in Hayden, is one of three Idaho families joining The Partnership for Educational Choice in a legal battle to preserve the state's new parental choice tax credit program — a law that could provide them significant financial relief starting in January.
The lawsuit against the tax credit was filed on Wednesday, Sept. 17 , filed directly with the Idaho Supreme Court by the Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and the Idaho Education Association, among other