Summary
holding Act 297 of 1963 which provided scholarship grants from State funds to every student "who desires to attend a private school within this state" because "the cause of primary and secondary education in South Carolina will be advanced if individual children of school age, their parents and guardians, are made free to choose between public and private educational institutions" was an unconstitutional attempt to circumvent the requirement that "the State of South Carolina not discriminate on the basis of race or color in its public educational system"
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No. 553.
Together with No. 563, Cribb et al. v. Brown et al., also on appeal from the same court.
Affirmed.
Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General of South Carolina, and D. W. Robinson for appellants in No. 553. J. C. Long for appellants in No. 563.
Solicitor General Griswold and Assistant Attorney General Pollak for appellee United States in both cases.
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.