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                  No. 20-1088

 In  toe *upreme  (ourt  of toe Uniteb  tates

 DAVID and AMY CARSON, as parents and next friends of
0.C.; and TROY and ANGELA NELSON, as parents and next
             friends of A.N. and R.N.,
                            Petitioners,
                      V.
     A. PENDER MAKIN, in her official capacity as
 Commissioner of the Maine Department of Education,
                            Respondent.

           On Writ of Certiorari to the
         United States Court of Appeals
              for the First Circuit

    BRIEF  FOR THE  STATES  OF ARKANSAS,
    ALABAMA,  ARIZONA,  FLORIDA, GEORGIA,
    IDAHO, KANSAS,  KENTUCKY,  LOUISIANA,
MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI,  MONTANA,   NEBRASKA,
NEW   HAMPSHIRE,   OHIO,  OKLAHOMA,   SOUTH
  CAROLINA,  TENNESSEE,   TEXAS, UTAH,  AND
WEST  VIRGINIA  AS AMICI  CURIAE IN SUPPORT
               OF PETITIONERS


LESLIE RUTLEDGE
Arkansas Attorney General

OFFICE OF THE ARKANSAS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
323 Center Street, Suite 200
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(501) 682-6302


NICHOLAS J. BRONNI
Solicitor General
Counsel of Record
VINCENT M. WAGNER
Deputy Solicitor General
MICHAEL A. CANTRELL
Assistant Solicitor General


nicholas.bronni@arkansasag.gov
              Counsel for Amici Curiae
      [Additional Counsel Listed after Signature Page]