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School Choice Litigation and Implementation Tracker
Research baseline: October 10, 2026 · Version 18.1.0 · Selected-state audit
Three selected matters. One is supported by a reviewed official court opinion; two are research entries based on labeled agency/litigant announcements. A complaint is not a ruling, an appeal is not automatically a stay, and political criticism does not by itself block awards.
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Wyoming — Degenfelder v. Wyoming Education AssociationPreliminary injunction reversed; remanded May 14, 2026.
- Case / matter
- Degenfelder v. Wyoming Education Association
- Docket
- S-25-0203 and S-25-0204; 2026 WY 54
- Court
- Wyoming Supreme Court
- Challenged program
- Steamboat Legacy Scholarship
- Parties
- Superintendent Degenfelder, Treasurer and State; parent intervenors; Wyoming Education Association and individual parents/taxpayers.
- Claims
- State constitutional public-education duties and limits on private appropriations/state aid.
- Filing date
- June 2025 underlying action; exact day not verified from reviewed opinion.
- Procedural posture
- Preliminary injunction reversed; remanded May 14, 2026.
- Injunction
- District restriction on scholarship distributions reversed.
- Appeal / stay
- Consolidated interlocutory appeals decided; later remand docket not audited.
- Relief granted / denied
- Preliminary relief reversed for failure to demonstrate particularized irreparable harm; merits not finally resolved.
- Legal / geographic scope
- Challenged K–12 provisions. Separate income-qualified preschool provisions were not challenged in this appeal.
- Effect on applications / funding
- Opinion removes the reviewed preliminary barrier; agency subsequently lists 2026–27 applications and funding activity.
- Latest reviewed filing / announcement
- May 14, 2026 official Supreme Court opinion; not certified as the last docket event.
- Next known court deadline
- Not located in this audit
- Evidence gaps
- Post-remand proceedings and any later order not located.
Official evidence for this record
- Degenfelder v. Wyoming Education Association, 2026 WY 54 — Official court opinion. May 14, 2026; consolidated S-25-0203 and S-25-0204. Preliminary injunction reversed and remanded; constitutionality not finally decided. Checked 2026-10-10.
- Wyoming Steamboat Legacy Scholarship — Agency program guidance. Reviewed for the October 10, 2026 baseline. Live pages may change. Checked 2026-10-10.
Verified 2026-10-10 · Version 18.1.0 · Link to this record
Utah — Utah Fits All constitutional challenge — exact caption not verifiedAgency/litigant account reports April 2025 adverse ruling and accepted interlocutory appeal.
- Case / matter
- Utah Fits All constitutional challenge — exact caption not verified
- Docket
- Not located in this audit
- Court
- Third District Court; Utah Supreme Court interlocutory appeal reported by AG.
- Challenged program
- Utah Fits All Scholarship
- Parties
- Utah officials and challengers; complete party list not verified.
- Claims
- Legislative authority to fund nonpublic education and permitted use of income-tax revenue.
- Filing date
- Not located in this audit
- Procedural posture
- Agency/litigant account reports April 2025 adverse ruling and accepted interlocutory appeal.
- Injunction
- Current operative order and stay not obtained.
- Appeal / stay
- AG reports Supreme Court permitted interlocutory appeal and state opening brief.
- Relief granted / denied
- Only the AG description reviewed; no independent court-order conclusion.
- Legal / geographic scope
- Unknown without controlling order.
- Effect on applications / funding
- State education page continues to direct families to administrator; this does not prove an appeal stays any ruling.
- Latest reviewed filing / announcement
- State opening brief described in AG announcement; filing date and underlying brief not obtained.
- Next known court deadline
- Not located in this audit
- Evidence gaps
- Obtain caption, docket, district ruling, appellate orders and current stay before treating litigation as a funding shutdown.
Official evidence for this record
- Utah Attorney General on Utah Fits All appeal — Litigant statement. Reports April 2025 district decision and accepted interlocutory appeal; not itself an opinion or a stay. Current order scope remains unverified. Checked 2026-10-10.
- Utah State Board — Utah Fits All — Agency program guidance. Page identifies Odyssey as administrator. Its $8,000 amount is explicitly 2024–25 and is not used as the current award. Checked 2026-10-10.
Verified 2026-10-10 · Version 18.1.0 · Link to this record
West Virginia — Hope Scholarship universal-expansion challenge — caption not verifiedLawsuit reported; complaint and docket not obtained.
- Case / matter
- Hope Scholarship universal-expansion challenge — caption not verified
- Docket
- Not located in this audit
- Court
- Court not identified in reviewed Treasury announcement.
- Challenged program
- Hope Scholarship
- Parties
- Mingo County parents reported by Treasury; complete defendants/parties unverified.
- Claims
- Challenge to universal expansion, as described by Treasury; exact pleaded claims not obtained.
- Filing date
- Exact filing date not verified; agency announcement September 8, 2026.
- Procedural posture
- Lawsuit reported; complaint and docket not obtained.
- Injunction
- No order reviewed; not a verified injunction record.
- Appeal / stay
- Not located in this audit
- Relief granted / denied
- Not located in this audit
- Legal / geographic scope
- Unknown without complaint/order.
- Effect on applications / funding
- No shutdown inferred from lawsuit announcement; current agency calendar remains the application source.
- Latest reviewed filing / announcement
- September 8, 2026 Treasury statement is an announcement, not a filing.
- Next known court deadline
- Not located in this audit
- Evidence gaps
- Obtain complaint, case number, court and any order; agency is a party-position source.
Official evidence for this record
- Treasurer statement on Hope expansion lawsuit — Agency / litigant statement. September 8, 2026 announcement only. Complaint, docket and any order were not located in this audit. Checked 2026-10-10.
- West Virginia Hope Scholarship FAQ — Agency program guidance. Reviewed for the October 10, 2026 baseline. Live pages may change. Checked 2026-10-10.
Verified 2026-10-10 · Version 18.1.0 · Link to this record
Case data and limitations
- State / program CSVVersion 18.1.0 · UTF-8 · 2026-10-10
- Application calendar CSVVersion 18.1.0 · UTF-8 · 2026-10-10
- Litigation CSVVersion 18.1.0 · UTF-8 · 2026-10-10
- Complete dataset JSONVersion 18.1.0 · UTF-8 · 2026-10-10
Exports preserve source URLs, verification dates, tracker links and explicit unknown values. CSV cells are quoted and formula prefixes escaped.
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Update log
October 10, 2026 — Initial audited release. Added current Iowa half-year window, West Virginia prorated application bands and Wyoming preliminary-injunction reversal. Texas and Tennessee calendar conflicts are documented in their source notes. No automatic future-update claim is made.
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