WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court will use an Oregon case to try again to decide when taxpayers must foot the bill for private schooling for special-education students.

The court agreed Friday to hear an appeal from the Forest Grove School District, which contends that students should at least give public special-education programs a try before seeking reimbursement for private-school tuition.

A federal appeals court sided with a high-school student identified in court papers only as T.A., who enrolled in a $5,200-a-month private program and sought reimbursement from the Forest Grove district.

The Supreme Court heard a similar case from New York in 2007 but split 4-4.

The case is Forest Grove School District v. T.A., 08-305.