Three mothers of Educational Freedom Account holders will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the program's constitutionality after a divided Supreme Court ruled in their favor Thursday.

Justice Barbara Webb wrote the majority opinion that reversed and remanded a lower court decision that had blocked the parents from intervening, finding that they have "established a recognized interest in the lawsuit." Special Justice Bud Cummins joined in the opinion, while Chief Justice Karen Baker and special justices Barbara Halsey and Cory Cox dissented.

The parents and appellants in the case were Erika Lara, Katie Parrish and Nikita Glendenning and were represented by the Virginia-based Institute for Justice. The appellees, Gwen Faulkenberry, Special Renee Sanders, Anika Whitfield and

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