Should taxpayers fund religious education? Betsy DeVos says yes. Now, the Supreme Court will decide.

Should American taxpayers fund religious education?

That’s the fundamental issue now before the Supreme Court — and the decision by the justices could have a profound impact on public education as we know it today.

The high court on Wednesday is scheduled to hear arguments in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a case that has the potential to give Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and like-minded activists a long-sought victory in their decades-long fight for what they call school choice.