| 单词 | religious school |
| 例句 | He had interviewed well at Cambridge and in two weeks he was leaving for France where he was to teach English at a religious school. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Those of us who were Jewish spoke Yiddish at home, Polish in public, and Hebrew in religious school or at the synagogue. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “It’s just the best private school around, so my parents sent Lauren and me there anyway. We’re basically sinning our way through religious school. It’s great.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Sixth grade has been rough for her. She used to go to a religious school. Less than a hundred kids in all the grades.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The religious school opened and I put in a sullen attendance. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She proposed that, when the fall school term started, I should be enrolled in the religious school rather than a secular one. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This happens even in states where religious schools receive taxpayer support through vouchers, tax credits and other mechanisms. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z I went to a tiny religious school until high school. Small minds crimp my style 2012-11-28T01:00:00Z It had religion, defilement, possession, the devil – for a boy who had been brought up in a very strict religious school during the Troubles it had a tremendous appeal. My first X-rated movie 2010-08-12T21:46:00Z Reynolds, who attended private religious schools until college, said “there was a lot of indoctrination that I had to work through.” ‘The Odds Were Stacked Against Us’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Of the 100 licensed student productions of “Laramie” last year, only six or seven took place at religious schools of any faith. Samuel G. Freedman: A Catholic School Meets a Challenge 2010-12-18T01:45:26Z Wally and “The Beav” didn’t attend religious school two nights a week and tennis on a third. Motherlode: A Mother's Right to Drive 2011-06-21T16:41:43Z Throughout his year as an embed, Pondiscio finds that two-income parents “appear to be overrepresented” at Success, and many grew up attending religious schools and want something similar for their children. The Secret to Success Academy’s Top-Notch Test Scores 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z On Cairo’s historic thoroughfare, Sharia Al Muizz, the 14th-century religious school hints at the medieval glory of a city which flowered through trade between east and west. Five-thousand-year-old Egyptian tomb opens for virtual tour 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The private school system, which is predominantly comprised of Catholic or Christian religious schools, would benefit greatly by not only receiving tuition fees, but also government funding. Why religious fundamentalists are so excited about charter schools 2014-03-26T11:50:00Z Within two years, they founded Shalom Cypress, a synagogue with a full religious school that holds weekly Sabbath services — led this week by Rabbi Schwartzer — and events for most of the Jewish holidays. Rabbis Who Travel to Remote Congregations on the High Holy Days 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Other than to attend the local religious school or to visit a doctor, none of their children left the compound. The death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man 2012-10-12T22:00:09Z He was enrolled in a French school at the age of 7 and studied the Quran in the afternoons and on weekends at a religious school. Ousmane Sow, Sculptor of Larger-Than-Life Figures, Dies at 81 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z But then they’re not paying dues and religious school fees to a synagogue for years of preparation. An Online Path to the Bar Mitzvah 2010-11-19T17:46:00Z Grant had a better idea: No tax money for religious schools and no religious worship in the public schools. Keeping public schools secular, Grant proposed, would be in the best interests of the nation. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z Perhaps you’re thinking, as I first did: Why shouldn’t religious schools be permitted to practice what they preach? Some colleges can discriminate against LGBT students. Here’s how to check if your top choice does. 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The poll found that 1.13% of the Spanish adults questioned said they were abused as children either by priests or lay members of the church, including teachers at religious schools. Spain’s bishops apologize for sex abuses but dispute the estimated number of victims in report 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The number of religious schools has increased in line with Erdogan’s stated goal of creating a “pious generation.” Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary of republic with fireworks and navy procession 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z The poll said 1.13% of the Spanish adults questioned said they were abused as children by either priests or lay members of the church, including teachers at religious schools. Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z “The government cannot force religious schools to abandon their beliefs and exercise to participate in a public benefit program that everyone else can access,” said ADF Senior Counsel Jeremiah Galus, the school’s lawyer. Judge rules Colorado can’t deny funds to Christian preschool for affirming two biological sexes 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The systematic efforts to assimilate and eradicate Native people in many places began with religious organizations, as missionaries planted churches and religious schools on reservations. Hundreds gather in Seattle, Tulalip to remember dark past of boarding schools 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Mann’s children are now attending Nefesh’s religious school for free, and some Chabad rabbis have waived preschool tuition for those affected by the strikes. Hollywood strike and High Holy Days: L.A. Jews seek solace amid tough times 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Zamora recalls that, even after receiving her primary education in a religious school, UCA expanded her social vocation and political awareness. Alumni grieve for Jesuit-run university seized by Nicaraguan government that transformed their lives 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Racism inspired the explosion of private religious schools after Brown vs. Granderson: We have the tools to stop the spread of HIV. So why haven't we? 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Crisitello’s lawyer, Thomas McKinney, said he was disappointed and noted that the decision would affect not only religious schools, but “all different types of religious entities that employ people,” including hospitals. Court sides with Catholic school that fired unmarried pregnant teacher 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Orthodox Jewish organization Agudath Israel of America intervened in the case saying the principle of “church autonomy” also protects other religious schools including Orthodox Jewish institutions. New Jersey court backs Catholic school in firing of unmarried pregnant teacher 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The program allows businesses to receive tax credits on donations that go toward the private and religious school tuitions of mostly low-income students. School choice debate not over as Nevada’s governor has a plan to fund private school scholarships 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt earlier this year signed a bill that would give parents in the state a tax incentive to send their children to private schools, including religious schools. Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and education group sue to stop US’s first public religious school 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z One stumbling block is whether to create a $100 million program subsidizing students in the lowest-performing districts so they can attend private or religious schools. Pennsylvania schools face spending down reserves or taking out loans as lawmakers fail to act 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z With vouchers expanding, more public money will likely go toward religious schools. $7,200 for Every Student: Arizona’s Ultimate Experiment in School Choice 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Negotiations had hit a wall over education funding, particularly $100 million to create a school voucher program to let students use state funds to attend private and religious schools. Pennsylvania governor calls on divided Legislature to finalize budget past deadline 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z For example, a state school board in Oklahoma approved what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation earlier this month, despite warnings that it’s unconstitutional. Charter school lost case over skirts rule for girls, but debate over charter autonomy isn’t over 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “The Constitution is clear: religious schools can hire those who share their faith, and the government may not deny participation in a public program simply due to a school’s internal religious exercise,” the complaint states. Christian school sues Colorado officials for withholding preschool funds over its hiring policies 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z While public schools cannot discriminate, religious schools have discretion to act according to their beliefs, which can include hiring staff members of a certain faith, or discriminating against L.G.B.T.Q. students and employees. A Religious Charter School Faces Pushback From the Charter School Movement Itself 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Financial-aid programs and other government benefits for private schools cannot exclude religious schools. A Religious School That’s Also a Public School 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z “The approval of any publicly funded religious school is contrary to Oklahoma law and not in the best interest of taxpayers,” Drummond said in a statement shortly after the board’s vote. Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Supreme Court that have signaled support for directing taxpayer money to religious schools. Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S. 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z They've also ruled in favor of private religious schools demanding state funds to build playgrounds or for scholarships. Oklahoma Republicans paves the way for Supreme Court to end secular education 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, whose conservative majority has signaled support for directing taxpayer money to private religious schools. A Religious Charter School Faces Pushback From the Charter School Movement Itself 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Among the groups of mujahideen who fought the Soviets were young men from the Pashtun tribe who had studied at Islamic religious schools in Pakistan. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Finance Ministry's budget division, in an unusual analysis on Thursday, said the government would reverse economic incentives to encourage Haredim into the workforce by increasing spending on religious schools, food stamps and stipends. Israel's Netanyahu faces budget test amid economic, political woes 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Supporters in Oklahoma applied similar arguments to St. Isidore, contending that excluding religious schools from charter funding was a violation of the First Amendment’s protection of religious freedom. Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S. 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Last year, the court went a step further, by allowing an overtly religious school in Maine to get charter approval and taxpayer funding. Oklahoma Republicans paves the way for Supreme Court to end secular education 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z But from the very beginning, she said, charter schools were conceived as a public alternative to the government sending money to private, religious schools. A Religious Charter School Faces Pushback From the Charter School Movement Itself 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Many Islamic scholars made it their home, and several cities had large mosques and religious schools, some of which were built with funds provided by Hindu rulers. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Child sex abuse in Pakistan’s religious schools is prevalent and complaints from parents and relatives rarely lead to the arrest of accused religious clerics. Pakistan police allege 2 clerics raped boy in seminary 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z “It’s extremely disappointing that board members violated their oath in order to fund religious schools with our tax dollars,” he said on Monday. Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S. 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The systematic colonial efforts to assimilate and eradicate Indigenous people in many places began with churches, as missionaries planted churches and religious schools on reservations. Interior secretary visits Tulalip in wake of boarding school revelations 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z By then, however, cracks were showing, with other rulings upholding a different tuition support scheme for religious schools and approving of a Christmas nativity display at a public building, in certain contexts. Sabbath work case gives justices new chance to crack ‘separation’ of church and state 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z What tenet would a student in a Shia religious school be least likely to learn? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z With conservative justices now dominating the Supreme Court, St. Isidore’s organizers hope the charter school could be the next step in a broader movement to allow government money to be spent on religious schools. Oklahoma Set to Consider Nation’s First Religious Charter School 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z He made his remarks after another scholar, Abdul Sami Al Ghaznawi, told students at a religious school that there was no conflict over girls’ education. Afghan religious scholars criticize girls’ education ban 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z According to the complaint, the measure “effectively deters religious schools from participating and thereby perpetuates the religious discrimination at the heart of the sectarian exclusion,” which the high court’s 2022 Carson v. Maine law blocking religious schools from tuition payments is ‘poison pill,’ church says in lawsuit 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Sixty-three percent of those polled supported or were neutral about states giving parents vouchers to pay for tuition at private or religious schools. Opinion | ‘Wokeness’ is winning 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z House Bill 1 lifts income eligibility restrictions on the state’s scholarship program, which will permit more students to use their per-pupil funding to attend public, charter, homeschooling, or private schools, including private religious schools. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joins red-state stampede with universal school choice bill 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Under the rules, the state’s 1,800 private and religious schools must provide an education that is “substantially equivalent” to that of a public school. NY’s power to regulate religious schools trimmed by judge 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Makin, which determined that the state of Maine must make school funds available to religious schools. Jewish parents, schools sue California over funding for disabled students 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z What it proposes is a publicly funded religious school that follows some of the laws that govern public schools, like the requirement it provide special education services, but exempts itself from many others. Oklahoma Catholics could open the door for religious charter schools 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z So, for women determined to continue their studies, the only options left are religious schools called madrassas. Inside the Taliban campaign to forge a religious emirate The street has dozens of synagogues, religious schools and kosher restaurants and supermarkets. L.A. Jews are resolute — and armed — after gunman targets community in 2 shootings 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Haqqani made his comments in a speech over the weekend to a graduation ceremony at an Islamic religious school in the eastern province of Khost. Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z He didn’t elaborate on the government’s plans for religious schools. Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z It means private religious schools can fire teachers for being in same-sex relationships or expel students because their mother has nude photos on the internet. Oklahoma Catholics could open the door for religious charter schools 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Licenses to open new religious schools are easier to obtain from Taliban officials, and she said many of her older students have gone on to open their own madrassas. Inside the Taliban campaign to forge a religious emirate Yet its rulings, sometimes based on the “reasonableness” of a statute, often infuriate the religious right — as when, in 2017, it struck down a law exempting ultra-Orthodox religious school students from compulsory military service. Opinion | There is a way out of Israel’s crisis. Netanyahu should take it. 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Vouchers traditionally allow parents to take the funds that would otherwise be used to educate their children in public schools and put them toward tuition for accredited private or religious schools. Pandemic, culture wars revive ‘school choice’ policy push 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Pupils take turns to email questions to the scholar on the class laptop at the Taalum-ul-Islam Girls’ Madrasa, or religious school, where male teachers are forbidden from hearing the voices of female students in person. Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z But those who back publicly funded religious schools have already made significant political and legal inroads. Oklahoma Catholics could open the door for religious charter schools 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In addition to child care companies, he also operates firms that are among the top-earning providers of special education services in Jewish religious schools, known as yeshivas. Education firms charged with stealing $2.8 million in child care funds 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Supreme Court overturned a restriction on Montana religious schools’ receiving funding from such tax-credit programs. How Montana Took a Hard Right Turn Toward Christian Nationalism 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Authorities issued the order on Tuesday - and by the following day other places of learning, including Islamic religious schools and private tuition colleges in several provinces, were also carrying out the ruling. Afghanistan: Tears and protests as Taliban shut universities to women 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The boys go for a few hours in the mornings to a religious school, but there is no proper school nearby that they can attend for full time education. How a British special forces raid went wrong, and a young family paid the price 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Three years later, the court ruled that Montana could not bar recipients of the state’s private school voucher program from using them at religious schools. Oklahoma Catholics could open the door for religious charter schools 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z We chose private religious school for a few reasons. Why Are Americans Fleeing Public Schools? Supreme Court ruling that said Maine schools cannot exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education. Vermont settles religious school tuition lawsuits 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Mr. French, in a letter to Vermont schools, said the June 21 high court ruling in the Maine case — which also centered on state tuition payments being used at religious schools — influenced the Vermont decision. Vermont agrees to pay religious school tuition where public schools are unavailable 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z At least 10 people have been killed after a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban regime has said. Students killed as bomb blast hits Afghan school 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z And last year, the court said that a Maine voucher program that sent rural students to private high schools in communities that had no public ones had to be open to religious schools. Oklahoma Catholics could open the door for religious charter schools 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z PAS has also built a strong base through private and informal religious schools, which it partly funds. Analysis: Gains for Malaysia's hardline Islamist party a challenge for new PM Anwar 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Under the settlements, the districts will pay the five families for the costs of sending their children to religious school as well as some attorneys’ fees. Vermont settles religious school tuition lawsuits 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z A paramount concern for these leaders of the country’s two largest denominations is that even the updated bill would not protect religious schools or faith-based nonprofits such as adoption and foster care providers. Faith groups split over bill to protect same-sex marriage 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Singer-songwriter Gulsen was charged and briefly jailed over the joke she made during a concert in April, when she quipped that the “perversion” of one of her musicians came from attending a religious school. Turkish singer appears in court over religious schools joke 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Voucher opponents say they drain money from long-underfunded public schools that serve the vast majority of children, sending public money to unaccountable private and religious schools and mainly benefitting the wealthy. Foes of Arizona voucher expansion likely fail to make ballot 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Cheverus High School, a Jesuit college preparatory school in Portland, was the only religious school to apply for participation in the state’s tuition reimbursement plan and its application was approved by the state. Maine OKs 1st religious school for tuition reimbursement 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “All parents should be able to send their kids to schools that are the best fit for them, and the First Amendment protects parents’ right to choose religious schools.” Vermont settles religious school tuition lawsuits 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The justices, for example, ruled in June that the state of Maine can’t exclude religious schools from its tuition reimbursement program, which provides education paths for children in rural towns without a public school. Supreme Court’s rulings on guns, abortion and religious liberty impact state policy, not all welcome 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z She was jailed for five days and later spent 15 days under house arrest despite having apologized for any offense she caused religious school graduates. Turkish singer appears in court over religious schools joke 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “We will continue to fight on behalf of our community to protect the autonomy of private, religious schools, as needed.” New York: Curriculum at Hasidic Jewish yeshivas, other religious schools must match state standards 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Carroll Conley, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, said he’s encouraged by the first tuition reimbursements for a religious school since the 1980s in Maine. Maine OKs 1st religious school for tuition reimbursement 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The group Parents for Educational and Religious Liberty in Schools, which represents yeshivas, said families choose to pay for private or religious schools because they believe in their educational approach. New York poised to strengthen oversight of nonpublic schools 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Rick Manning, president of Americans for Limited Government, said the religious schools are likely skeptical of partaking in the program. Supreme Court’s rulings on guns, abortion and religious liberty impact state policy, not all welcome 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In her testimony Friday, Gulsen said she had teased a band member who was nicknamed “Imam” but had not attended a religious school. Turkish singer appears in court over religious schools joke 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z A Turkish court ruled to release pop star Gulsen from house arrest, her lawyer said on Monday, after she was briefly jailed pending trial last month over a quip about religious schools. Four go on trial for graft over Cyprus passports scheme 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Despite the victory, religious schools are taking a cautious approach after Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said all schools accepting public funds must abide by the Maine Human Rights Act. Maine OKs 1st religious school for tuition reimbursement 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z A Board of Regents committee unanimously approved guidelines Monday to make sure instruction at the state’s private and religious schools is equivalent to that of its public schools. New York poised to strengthen oversight of nonpublic schools 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Since arriving in Brooklyn in the 1940s, Hasidic rabbis have relied on religious schools to propel the community’s growth and maintain its continuity. In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush with Public Money 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Private and religious schools are free to offer instruction on additional topics, but they must teach core subjects. New York set to force ultra-Orthodox schools to teach secular subjects 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, she’s called public schools “government indoctrination centers” and has laid out a plan to allow parents to divert tax dollars to other educational options, including private and religious schools. Perspective | Two women are running for Michigan governor. It’s no feminist victory. 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z That would include accepting gay and transgender teachers and students, which could conflict with some religious school’s beliefs. Maine OKs 1st religious school for tuition reimbursement 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The incident in Helmand province happened when the children discovered an unexploded shell and brought it inside their religious school and started playing with it, according to a statement from the provincial police chief’s office. 4 Afghan kids playing with unexploded shell killed in school 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z But they appear to get more government funding on average than other private schools in the state, including other religious schools, the analysis found. In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush with Public Money 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z For high school, he attended a religious school in France where he said there were no secular studies. New York set to force ultra-Orthodox schools to teach secular subjects 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The incident in Helmand province happened when the children discovered an unexploded shell and brought it inside their religious school and started playing with it, according a statement from the provincial police chief’s office. 4 Afghan kids playing with unexploded shell killed in school 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court ruled in June that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition for private education in rural towns where there are no public schools. Religious schools shun state funding despite Maine victory 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The charges were based on a joke the singer made during an April concert, where she quipped that one of her musicians’ “perversion” stemmed from attending a religious school. Jailed Turkish pop star released to house arrest over joke 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Floods have destroyed some of them, along with a police station and a religious school. Pakistan flood victims throw note pleading for help 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Pop singer Gulsen was jailed Thursday and charged with incitement to hatred after video of a quip she made on stage in April about religious schools was broadcast by a pro-government media outlet. U.S. concerned about judicial harassment to curb expression in Turkey after pop star arrest - State Dept 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Turkish singer Gulsen has been arrested and accused of inciting hatred over a joke she made about religious schools. Turkish singer Gulsen arrested over religious schools joke 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z So far, only one religious school has signed up to participate, and that application will go through a review process, said Marcus Mrowka, a state education spokesperson. Religious schools shun state funding despite Maine victory 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z A video of the singer’s comment on religious schools began circulating on social media recently, with a hashtag calling for her arrest. Jailed Turkish pop star released to house arrest over joke 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The number of religious schools has increased under Erdogan, who has promised to raise a “pious generation.” Turkish pop star jailed over joke about religious schools 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Fearing the new immigrants and their children would not assimilate, states passed laws forbidding government aid to religious schools. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In the last year, Helmand has seen a proliferation of Taliban madrassas, religious schools where students are taught to memorize the Quran and Islamic law. A year of peace in one of Afghanistan’s deadliest provinces “Those open questions, however, will be resolved in time, and we certainly expect religious schools to participate,” he said. Religious schools shun state funding despite Maine victory 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The number of religious schools in Turkey has increased under Erdogan, who has promised to raise a “pious generation.” Jailed Turkish pop star released to house arrest over joke 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Erdogan and many members of his Islam-based ruling party are graduates of religious schools, which were originally established to train imams. Turkish pop star jailed over joke about religious schools 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z ADF legal counsel Erica Steinmiller-Perdomo said “we are pleased to see the administration grant not only that Christian school’s request, but rightly honor the religious beliefs of every other religious school in the country.” Biden administration exempts religious schools from LGBTQ mandate on lunch funding 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Across the board, the Trump-aligned candidates support redirecting tax dollars toward vouchers, private religious schools or other forms of “school choice,” as do some Democrats. How a new class of Republicans could push America to the right 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z It has cited the refusal of some Muslim men to shake women's hands, young girls being told to wear full-face veils and a proliferation of Madrassa religious schools. French court suspends conservative imam's deportation 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Luke Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the public-interest law firm representing the archdiocese, said the decision “ensures that religious schools can remain faithful to their mission.” Catholic school guidance counselor’s firing over same-sex marriage is legal, federal court rules 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z They cite not only the court’s decision for Kennedy but also a June ruling in which the court declared that Maine cannot prevent religious schools from receiving public tuition grants permitted for other private schools. After court ruling, activists push prayer into schools 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z All of the school’s 56 students come from families whose income falls below the federal poverty line and attend the private religious school on scholarships. Biden administration exempts religious schools from LGBTQ mandate on lunch funding 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z A neighbor who currently works in a private, religious school recently incorrectly stated that that school is doubling in size because “they are teaching critical race theory in the public schools.” Falling enrollment: ‘A teachable moment’ 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The court ruled that Maine must fund religious education at private religious schools. Some Muslims, Jews welcome court ruling allowing football coach to pray 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Makin, the court ruled that a Maine program that excludes religious schools from a state tuition program is a violation of the free exercise of religion. The Quiet Fight to Keep Legacy Admissions 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z When religious schools compete, he has listened as coaches intone team prayers before and after a game. After court ruling, activists push prayer into schools 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Indonesia has tens of thousands of Islamic boarding schools and other religious schools that often provide the only way for children from poorer families to get an education. Indonesia school helps students recite Koran in sign language 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z They were former mujahedeen and often Islamic clerics who had returned to their villages and their religious schools after 1992. Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Wade, the decision striking down a New York gun-control law, and one holding that Maine’s private-school voucher program could not exclude religious schools. Opinion | A firm’s split with its star gun-case lawyer shows what ails the left 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Those cases included ones on abortion, gun rights, climate change, school prayer, government aid to religious schools, the death penalty, campaign finance and limits on suits against government officials. A Transformative Term at the Most Conservative Supreme Court in Nearly a Century 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The court has ruled in support of tax dollars for religious schools, prayers during football games and against a woman’s right to choose whether to continue her pregnancy. Supreme Court: Secular nation 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z It ruled that employment discrimination laws do not apply to teachers at religious schools. Christian fascism is right here, right now: After Roe, can we finally see it? 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The court’s three liberals dissented, as they had in last week’s ruling that Maine cannot bar religious schools from receiving public tuition grants extended to other private schools. Supreme Court rules for high school football coach who prayed at midfield 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Last week, the judiciary ruled 6-3 that taxpayer money – used by Maine legislators to finance the state's tuition assistance program – could not be withheld from students attending religious schools. Sotomayor rebukes SCOTUS for ignoring "decades" of precedent in latest "religious liberty" ruling 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In a 6-3 decision on June 21, the court endorsed more public funding of religious entities as it sided with two Christian families who challenged a Maine tuition assistance program that excluded private religious schools. Factbox: U.S. Supreme Court takes broad view of religious rights in key cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, they threw out a Maine law that prohibited allowing parents to use state aid to pay tuition at religious schools. News Analysis: Supreme Court is emboldened, conservative and ready to push further right 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Wade, ending a constitutional right to an abortion, but ruled on June 21 that Maine may not exclude religious schools from a state tuition program. Christian fascism is right here, right now: After Roe, can we finally see it? 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Three years later, an opinion that said a Montana program that provided tax credits to donors who sponsored scholarships for private school tuition must be open to private religious schools. Emboldened Supreme Court majority shows it’s eager for change 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z According to NPR, the decision effectively invalidated the policies of 37 different states preventing taxpayer funds from being directed to religious schools. Sotomayor rebukes SCOTUS for ignoring "decades" of precedent in latest "religious liberty" ruling 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The state always sought to maintain a solid line between church and state by reimbursing for private schools - but not religious schools. Religious schools may face another hurdle to state tuition 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition for private education in towns that don’t have public schools. Religious schools may steer clear of tuition despite ruling 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z It has ruled that a Montana state program to support private schools must include religious schools. Christian fascism is right here, right now: After Roe, can we finally see it? 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Miraculously, he said, the earthquake that jolted eastern Afghanistan did not injure anyone at the religious school. In a stricken village in Paktika, ‘Everyone here cried from night to morning.’ 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Yesterday’s ruling striking down a Maine law that blocked taxpayer dollars from funding religious school tuition furthered a transformation decades in the making. A Pro-Religion Court 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Two decades ago, the court ruled that tuition voucher programs could be used to help students attend religious schools, partly because it was the parent, not the state, making the decision to send them there. Analysis | High court opens the door to more public funding of religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z But religious schools didn’t have long to savor their victory before learning of a new hurdle. Religious schools may steer clear of tuition despite ruling 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Breyer acknowledged that the court in the past has agreed states may provide assistance to private religious schools. Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Makin, which centered on two families in Maine who wanted state taxpayers to pay for to send their children to attend private religious schools. Sotomayor dissent rips Supreme Court for dismantling “wall of separation between church and state" 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Families who wanted to send their children to Christian schools challenged the program, arguing that excluding religious schools violated their right to exercise their faith. A Pro-Religion Court 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The court also ruled Tuesday that religious schools can get tuition aid in Maine, a decision that may ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money. Supreme Court today: religious rights, Roundup, big decisions ahead 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The state always sought to maintain a solid line between church and state by reimbursing for private schools — but not religious schools. Religious schools may steer clear of tuition despite ruling 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z He wrote for the court’s majority then that a Montana program that provided tax credits to donors who sponsored scholarships for private school tuition must be open to private religious schools, as well. Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The high court weighed the legality of Maine’s school voucher program and whether state funds could be used to attend private religious schools. Supreme Court says Maine’s school voucher program must include religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z It is still possible for the gay rights movement to destructively overreach — as in denying the right of religious schools and charities to shape their own institutional standards. Opinion | How the gay rights movement found such stunning success 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Bird-Wilson adds historical context through the story of Johnny in 1950, long before Ruby is born, as he attends one of the religious schools for Indigenous children forcibly removed from their families. Review | ‘Probably Ruby’ offers an authentic portrait of transracial adoption 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z It was seen as an affirmation for states that already have voucher programs open to religious schools. Religious schools may steer clear of tuition despite ruling 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Roberts wrote in Tuesday’s ruling, “Maine’s decision to continue excluding religious schools from its tuition assistance program … promotes stricter separation of church and state than the Federal Constitution requires.” Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Two families challenged a state law that prohibits those towns from paying tuition on behalf of families who choose religious schools that would otherwise qualify under the program’s guidelines. Supreme Court says Maine’s school voucher program must include religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The justices also could rule any day in a lawsuit over a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, but excludes religious schools. 30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices’ to-do list 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Jaschik added that private religious schools don’t really get much funding from their church affiliates either. Seattle Pacific University students continue sit-in over anti-LGBTQ+ policy, want trustees to resign 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Conley said the attorney general “laid down the gauntlet” for religious schools, but he said legal precedent favors the schools. Religious schools may steer clear of tuition despite ruling 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z “But that fact, as I have said, simply permits Maine to route funds to religious schools. It does not require Maine to spend its money in that way.” Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Chemerinsky said the conservative justices would also be likely to go after decisions barring prayer in schools and limiting government aid to religious schools. Column: After the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade, what’ll it do for an encore? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Makin, the justices will weigh the legality of a school voucher program in Maine and decide if students can use the state funds to attend private religious schools. Supreme Court to deliver on ‘culture war’ issues in much-watched cases this month 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Religious schools: Do students enrolled in religious schools have an equal right to public funds if their state funds other private schools? Supreme Court decisions due soon on abortion, guns, religion and climate change 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z His church reaped tens of millions of dollars to reconstruct churches and state financing for religious schools. The Russian Orthodox leader at the core of Putin’s ambitions 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z And those who live in districts large enough to have secondary schools might object that only those who lives in certain rural areas will receive state aid to send their children to religious schools. Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z A 1908 Supreme Court ruling held that “the prohibition on the Federal Government to spend funds on religious schools did not apply to Indian treaty funds,” it notes. US report details church-state collusion on Native schools 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The worst such bombing occurred last week, also in Mazar-e-Sharif, when a powerful bomb killed 33 worshippers as they knelt in prayer, as well as students of an adjacent religious school. IS claims bombing targeting Shiites in north Afghanistan 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Maine has small towns with no high school, so it provides tuition aid for students to attend other schools — public or private — but not religious schools. Supreme Court decisions due soon on abortion, guns, religion and climate change 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z It has yet to rule in a case from Maine that make it easier for parents to use public funds to send their children to religious schools. Supreme Court majority sympathetic to coach who prayed at midfield 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The court’s decision reflects a determined effort by those who favor religious schools. Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Its religious schools are spread across the northwest, not far from the Afghan border, and have supplied soldiers to the Afghan Taliban and the homegrown Pakistani Taliban. EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for politically volatile Pakistan? 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Among them is a radically religious party that runs scores of religious schools or madrassas. Pakistan’s embattled PM faces tough no-confidence vote 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z "It's been Betsy DeVos' longtime dream to privatize education in Michigan. This is her attempt to flout the Michigan Constitution to put public dollars into private religious schools." Battleground Michigan: GOP joins with militant far right in campaign against democracy 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z DeSantis, meanwhile, quickly pushed for a plan to use taxpayer money to fund private and religious school tuition to expand "school choice" options shortly after taking office in 2019. Betsy DeVos and her family drop over $280,000 to back Ron DeSantis amid education crackdown 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z In a post Tuesday, the military said the Orthodox church - the country’s majority religion - was the most affected but that mosques, synagogues, Protestant churches and religious schools were also destroyed. Live updates: Ukraine says it’s running 3 evacuation routes 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z In a post Tuesday, the military said the Orthodox church — the country’s majority religion — was the most affected but that mosques, synagogues, Protestant churches and religious schools were also destroyed. Live updates: Zelenskyy: 7 dead in southern Ukraine strike 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Even the administrator of an area Christian school wrote in to warn that OCCA's plan amounted to illegal public funding of religious schools. The far right’s national plan for schools: Plant charters, defund public education 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z "This is an attempt by Betsy and her GOP megadonors to flout the Michigan Constitution to put public dollars into private religious schools. In a nutshell, it's another one of her school voucher attempts." Battleground Michigan: GOP joins with militant far right in campaign against democracy 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z We live in a small town, and the alternatives are an expensive private school that won’t admit him with this behavior, and a religious school we don’t want to consider because of its extreme ideology. Perspective | My son is trying to get kicked out of school. What should I do? 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z But while facemasks are now optional in religious schools and private businesses, the District still requires them in public schools and may enforce them on private campuses again if the COVID-19 numbers rise. Mayor Bowser drops District’s private school mask mandate 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “We urge Mayor Bowser to repeal her illegal mandate on religious schools immediately.” Lawsuit challenges D.C. mask mandate in private schools 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Even the administrator of an area Christian school wrote in to warn that OCCA's plan amounted to illegal public funding of religious schools. The far right’s national plan for schools: Plant charters, defund public education 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The Constitution, said the Court, does not lay down an absolute barrier to the placing of a public employee in a religious school. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The allegations against Mr. Herry outraged Indonesians and focused national attention on the issue of child protection at privately run religious schools, which number in the tens of thousands. Indonesian Teacher Gets Life in Prison for Years of Raping Students 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim majority country, has tens of thousands of Islamic boarding schools and other religious schools that often provide the only way for the children of poorer families to get an education. Indonesia court jails Islamic school teacher for life for raping students 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Health Department asking Miss Bowser and “department officials lift the mask mandate for children, staff, and teachers at religious schools.” Lawsuit challenges D.C. mask mandate in private schools 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z In Carson, Maine allows students in its rural areas where public schools are unavailable to use a school funding assistance program to attend nearby religious schools. Education: Charters are public schools 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z In response, many States passed their own “Blaine amendments,” making it clear that State funds could not be used for religious schools. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But Weiss, then a teacher at the synagogue’s religious school, attended the training, where he was taught to avoid being easily seen by an active shooter and strategies to get away from dangerous areas. Jewish Federations eye security improvements for communities 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Fueling the pressure on public schools is an ascendant school-choice movement that promotes taxpayer subsidies for students to attend private and religious schools, as well as publicly funded charter schools, which are privately run. Public education is facing a crisis of epic proportions 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z She argued a dozen cases before the Supreme Court on behalf of the federal government, including one involving religious schools’ ability to fire teachers. Who’s who among some possible top Supreme Court contenders 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Under the First Amendment, students may use government funds to attend sectarian/religious schools. Education: Charters are public schools 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z There, dozens of settlers were studying in a makeshift yeshiva, or religious school. At a West Bank outpost, Israeli settlers flaunt their power 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The child can play sports, attend a madrassa, or religious school, and, sometimes crucially for the family, work. Afghan tradition allows girls to access the freedom of boys 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z And there was a plan announced to shut down more than 1,000 Islamic religious schools, which the government said were flouting national education policy. Discrimination and harassment haunt Sri Lanka's Muslims 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Providence Academy, a private religious school in Johnson City, livestreamed the boys game Tuesday against Lakewood Christian Academy, a private religious school in White Pine. Lawmaker apologizes after ejection at HS basketball game 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z A Supreme Court challenge to Maine’s ban on using taxpayer funds to enable rural kids to attend private religious schools might have surprising effects here in Washington state. How a Supreme Court ruling might upend Washington charter schools 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Officials hope to raise the vaccination rate with a new mobile-clinic campaign at religious schools and a media blitz stepping up pressure on parents to vaccinate children. Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Canadian investigations of religious schools for Indigenous children was voted the eighth most important story of the year. Religious imagery in Capitol attack is year’s top religion news story: survey 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Last week’s argument in a religion case from Maine indicated that a decades-old understanding about the extent to which religious schools can lay claim to taxpayer support is similarly about to be shattered. Opinion | The Supreme Court, Weaponized 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Instead, the issue is whether, if a state creates a school-choice program, it can bar parents from choosing religious schools for their children. Opinion | The Supreme Court should not perpetuate discrimination on the basis of religion 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z But during Dec. 8 oral arguments, a majority of justices seemed inclined to rule that Maine’s exclusion of religious schools violates the First Amendment’s protection of “free exercise” of religion. How a Supreme Court ruling might upend Washington charter schools 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The court has said that states may choose to provide aid to religious schools along with other private schools. Supreme Court Seems Wary of Ban on State Aid to Religious Schools 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue, the justices ruled 5-4 that states who offer tax credits to fund scholarships for children to attend private schools cannot block the money from being used for a religious school. Justices skeptical of Maine’s public education program that blocks religious schools 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The grant of review in the Maine religious schools case came at the very end of the last term. Opinion | The Supreme Court, Weaponized 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. de Blasio has gradually expanded vaccine mandates — to health care workers, teachers, police officers and employees at private and religious schools. Bosses and Workers Face N.Y.C.’s New Reality: Get Vaccinated or Else 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled that a Montana law providing tuition assistance to parents who send their children to private secular schools, but not religious schools, violated the First Amendment, it distinguished the earlier Josh Davey case. How a Supreme Court ruling might upend Washington charter schools 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Two families in Maine that send or want to send their children to religious schools challenged the law, saying it violated their right to freely exercise their faith. Supreme Court Seems Wary of Ban on State Aid to Religious Schools 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Christopher Taub, Maine’s deputy attorney general, said that doesn’t exclude all religious schools but does block those that teach science, literature and other subjects with a religious bent. Justices skeptical of Maine’s public education program that blocks religious schools 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court could use this case to resolve the extent to which religious schools may use public funding for explicitly religious activities, such as worship services and religious education courses. Supreme Court takes up religious rights case from Maine 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The Constitution “condemns discrimination against religious schools and the families whose children attend them,” he wrote. Supreme Court poised to further open the door for taxpayer funding of religious schools 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z This would include forcing states to pay for religious schools that openly discriminate against LGBTQ+ students and staff, and teach children that being gay is a sin. Hillary Clinton was right about the "deplorables" — and about the end of Roe v. Wade 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z What about a religious school that “is infused in every subject with their view of the faith?” the chief justice asked. Supreme Court Seems Wary of Ban on State Aid to Religious Schools 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Michael Bindas, a lawyer for the families, said Maine used to allow religious schools to participate, and it only changed the policy in the 1980s. Justices skeptical of Maine’s public education program that blocks religious schools 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z A spokesman for Mr. Adams declined to comment on the vaccine mandate for private and religious schools. New York Religious Schools Face a Vaccine Mandate. Will They Fight It? 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z If these “charter school programs are properly considered programs of private school choice,” they can take advantage of a high court ruling forbidding the exclusion of religious schools, she said. Supreme Court poised to further open the door for taxpayer funding of religious schools 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Today the Court is hearing a case out of Maine that could require states to pay for the tuition of all students attending religious schools, using taxpayer money that normally funds public schools. Hillary Clinton was right about the "deplorables" — and about the end of Roe v. Wade 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue, the Supreme Court held that the state of Montana could not exclude schools from its private school voucher program solely because of their status as religious schools. Opinion | Do taxpayers have to fund religious education? The Supreme Court may say yes. 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z She said the challengers are asking for more than that when they want public money to go to a religious school. Justices skeptical of Maine’s public education program that blocks religious schools 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Vaccinations are already required for city employees including teachers, police officers and firefighters, and a vaccination mandate for employees of private and religious schools was announced last week. Mayor: Vaccine mandates to be required for all NYC employers 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Now this seemingly small case is at the center of a large dispute over when religious schools are entitled to public funding. Supreme Court poised to further open the door for taxpayer funding of religious schools 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z But the decision to include religious schools and not allow religious exemptions faced immediate opposition from some Jewish and Catholic leaders, who sent a letter to Mr. de Blasio on Thursday urging him to reconsider. New York City Sets Vaccine Mandate for Religious and Private School Workers 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z He cited cases of teachers for religious schools who sue after being fired. Can former Scientologists take the church to court? Or are religious tribunals the only recourse? 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z As he ascends the long wooden staircase leading up to the sacred plaza revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, the 22-year-old religious school student prepares to pray. Highway of hope and heartbreak “If they choose a religious school for their child, they should have the ability to do that.” Faith groups lobby Manchin over Biden’s social policy agenda 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Previously the high court held the Constitution called for a clear separation of church and state, which had long been interpreted to mean that public funds could not flow to religious schools. Supreme Court poised to further open the door for taxpayer funding of religious schools 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Almost half of all ultra-Orthodox men opt for full-time study in religious schools, known as yeshivas, instead of employment, and their families have grown dependent on these government subsidies. Ousted from power, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox lose the final word on what’s kosher 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Jewish law allows teachers in religious schools to collect awards. Can former Scientologists take the church to court? Or are religious tribunals the only recourse? 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z There was an explosion of "religious schools," from private elementary and high school "academies" to centers of higher education like Bob Jones University that were explicitly and entirely whites-only. Is the new GOP "Southern Strategy" civil war & bloodshed...and a return to "Leave It To Beaver"? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Upstart religious schools such as Liberty University or Patrick Henry College work for families that want kids funneled into a tight religious subculture. Opinion | The University of Austin founders’ challenge: Creating a college from another time 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Another ruling requiring public funds for religious schools could “put us on a slippery slope that ends with the funding of religious education with public dollars,” he said. Supreme Court poised to further open the door for taxpayer funding of religious schools 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z But he was different: He’d never been interested in school and was sent to a religious school, or madrassa, for his education. Radicalization’s path: In case studies, finding similarities 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z At one Salafi religious school in the city, the Taliban cracked down on the ideology by forcing the school’s founder to flee. ISIS Poses a Growing Threat to New Taliban Government in Afghanistan 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The missiles struck a religious school and mosque in the al-Amoud area, which was overcrowded with families that had fled fierce fighting elsewhere in Jawba in recent weeks, he added. Yemen war: Deadly missile attack on Marib religious school 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The facility includes a religious school and a mosque attended by about 1,200 Muslim students from across the country. Yemeni officials: Houthi missiles kill at least 10 civilians 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Some legal experts foresee the more-conservative high court deciding that parents have a right to send their children to religious schools at public expense. Supreme Court poised to further open the door for taxpayer funding of religious schools 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court ruled last year that federal employment discrimination laws do not apply to teachers at religious schools if their duties include religious activities, like praying with students. A Gay Music Teacher Got Married. The Brooklyn Diocese Fired Him. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Parents can opt out of the public system if they wish, and pay to send their children to private or religious schools. Perspective | Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’ school curriculum. They don’t. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z At least 29 civilians were killed or wounded in north Yemen when ballistic missiles launched by the rebel Houthi movement hit a religious school and mosque, the country's government says. Yemen war: Deadly missile attack on Marib religious school 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z A gang armed with guns attacked a religious school before dawn in Cox Bazar's Ukhiya area and killed three teachers, two volunteers and a student, police superintendent Shihab Kaiser Khan said. At least six dead after armed gang attack in Rohingya refugee camp 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z In addition to the Kabul mosque bombing, there was an attack on a religious school in Khost province that is so far unclaimed, said the U.N. Islamic State claims mosque blast in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed nearly 50, injured dozens 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z At 32, he said he hasn’t trained to be a police commander, with most of his education at a madrassa, or religious school. Taliban-style security welcomed by some, feared by others 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Makin, No. 20-1088, a dispute over whether Maine may exclude religious schools that offer sectarian education from a state tuition program. Back on the Bench, the Supreme Court Faces a Blockbuster Term 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Maine prohibits using the funds at religious schools. In political spotlight, Supreme Court embarks on extraordinarily controversial term 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z The state excludes religious schools from a tuition program for families who live in towns that don’t have public schools. Abortion, guns, religion top a big Supreme Court term 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Parents in Maine are suing over the state’s exclusion of religious schools from a tuition program for families who live in towns that don’t have public schools. A look at high court’s top cases in new term starting Monday 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z The madrasas — Islamic religious schools for elementary and higher learning, attended only by boys — represent another segment of Afghan society, poorer and more conservative. AP PHOTOS: Life in a madrasa as Afghanistan enters new era 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Her religious school also didn't offer much in the way of sex education, which didn't help, she says. LGBT freshers: 'I worried University of Oxford wouldn't accept me' 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z It said state and private schools at primary and secondary level as well as official madrasa religious schools would be open from Saturday. Taliban say Afghan boys' schools to reopen, no mention of girls 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z “But it’s going to add to the conflict over the status of religious school teachers and the scope of the ministerial exception,” Mr. Tuttle said. Federal judge sides with gay teacher suing Catholic school over firing 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z In 2016, he became one of two deputies to the Taliban’s supreme leader, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, overseeing a sprawling web of fighters and religious schools, and leading much of the Taliban’s military efforts. Who Are the Taliban’s New Government Leaders? Here’s What We Know 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z “Plaintiff is a lay employee, who comes onto the campus of a religious school for the limited purpose of teaching secular classes, with no mandate to inculcate students with Catholic teachings,” Cogburn wrote. Court rules Catholic school wrongfully fired gay substitute 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z She didn’t have trouble memorizing lines — that came naturally after a childhood spent memorizing Bible verses at religious school. TikTok star Addison Rae: 'Give me a chance to show myself as an actress' 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z On Monday, Taliban leaders also met with hundreds of Afghan imams and religious school administrators in Kabul to begin the group’s directions for education and morality. Taliban Reject Extended Deadline as U.S. Races to Finish Evacuation 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Haqqani, 48, widely known as Khalifa, oversees a sprawling web of fighters, religious schools and businesses with strong links to Gulf Arab countries from a base in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The Taliban’s Leaders: Worldly and ‘Inclusive’ or Ruthless Ideologues? 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Her children had been learning remotely at a private religious school for much of last year before she decided to homeschool them. 'Que locura,' this is madness. First-day-of-school delays frustrate students, parents 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z “They do not — and should not — compel religious schools to employ teachers who publicly contradict their teachings.” Court rules Catholic school wrongfully fired gay substitute 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Afghan officials say that the Taliban find rich recruiting grounds in those mosques and in religious schools in Pakistan. As the Taliban Advance in Afghanistan, Pressure on Pakistan Grows 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z In thousands of madrassas, or religious schools, around Pakistan, some students are inspired to jihad in Afghanistan, according to analysts as well as Pakistani and international rights groups. Some Afghans blame neighboring Pakistan for Taliban gains 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z She added, “We are concerned about its potential impact on not just our clients, but on other educators working for religious schools.” Indiana Catholic school can fire teacher in same-sex marriage, federal court rules 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Because she wasn’t eligible to attend a Pakistani school, she studied at a madrassa, or religious school, for girls and later attended a medical school for female refugees. An embassy wall falls, upending a rising Afghan diplomat’s career 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Lall also decried the government’s blocking of overseas aid to minority religious schools and orphanages, many of whom rely on donors in the West to keep their doors open. India’s Christians suffer under anti-conversion laws, study finds 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z In that case, the court ruled that states must allow religious schools to participate in programs that provide scholarships to students attending private schools. Supreme Court to Hear Case on Government Aid to Religious Schools 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Separately, the court said it will take up a challenge to Maine’s tuition assistance program brought by two families who want to use the money to send their children to religious schools. Supreme Court turns down petition from Christian florist in same-sex wedding case 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Supreme Court decided on Friday that it will hear a case brought by families from Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools. US Supreme Court to hear Maine religious school tuition case 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “While a religious school employer may validly seek to impose moral doctrine upon its teaching staff, punishment singularly directed at the Hester Prynnes, without regard to the Arthur Dimmesdales, is not permissible,” the judges quoted. An Unmarried Catholic Schoolteacher Got Pregnant. She Was Fired. 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z The Hasidim in Monsey largely handle judicial issues among themselves, shop at Jewish stores and send their children to religious schools. ‘The Rabbi Said It Was OK’: Hasidic Mother of 10 Becomes Doctor 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Now a new range of options — including religious schools — is catering to them. Facing enrollment declines, some Catholic dioceses are betting on online schools 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court last year ruled that states that provide aid to private schools must include religious schools in the mix. Supreme Court turns down petition from Christian florist in same-sex wedding case 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said in a statement that religious schools are excluded from the program “because the education they provide is not equivalent to” public education. US Supreme Court to hear Maine religious school tuition case 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “President Biden is punishing religious schools, organizations, and churches simply because of their beliefs about marriage and biological sex. Schools like the College of the Ozarks are free to follow the faith tradition they represent.” Christian college asks appeals court to halt Biden gender identity policy in school dorms, showers 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Suhr noted the Supreme Court ruled against barring religious schools from a state scholarship program last year in Montana based on that state’s Blaine Amendment in the case Espinoza v Montana. Upcoming Supreme Court case affects public funding for religious schools 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z In past elections, debates over yeshivas often centered on the allocation of public funds to the religious schools, which receive millions of federal, state and city dollars through education and child care programs. How Andrew Yang Won Over Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z On June 18, a mortar round exploded in the yard of a madrasa, or religious school, in Takhar Province’s Ishkamish District, killing nine students and wounding six others, according to local officials. War, Peace and Taliban Spreadsheets 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The lawsuit was filed in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that a Missouri program was wrong to deny a grant to a religious school for playground resurfacing. US Supreme Court to hear Maine religious school tuition case 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Treasury Department website that calculates federal aid says the approximately 200 religious schools with discriminatory policies receive $4.2 billion. Dozens of LGBTQ students at Christian colleges sue the U.S. Education Dept., hoping to pressure Equality Act negotiations 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z “If the Supreme Court decided to hear the case, it is likely that the denial of granting funds to religious schools would be struck down,” he said. Upcoming Supreme Court case affects public funding for religious schools 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The boys began to attend the religious school at the camps. 'Can’t take this pain': Rohingya mother searches for son after refugee camp blaze 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Khan studied the Koran at home, and attended religious schools, before opening the two-room madrasa in October. A transgender Islamic school in Pakistan breaks barriers 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z That ruling opened the door for more challenges to rules about religious schools and public funding. US Supreme Court to hear Maine religious school tuition case 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Surely Maine is plunged into deep entanglements when it undertakes to decide whether this or that religious school’s practices are below the state’s threshold of permissible religiosity. Opinion | Maine likes not-too-religious schools 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The South Carolina Supreme Court, though, barred private and religious schools from receiving any of the grants, saying the state constitution’s Blaine Amendment forbids public funds going to private schools. Upcoming Supreme Court case affects public funding for religious schools 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z For many parents, a child allowance will be the functional equivalent of a school voucher — money they can use at any private or religious school. Opinion | The child tax credit is a conservative dream fulfilled. Let’s help make it permanent. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z A religious school for transgender people has opened in Dhaka, the capital of nearby Bangladesh, and last year a Christian transgender group started its own church in Pakistan’s bustling southern port city of Karachi. A transgender Islamic school in Pakistan breaks barriers 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Some rabbis, complaining that secular Israelis were being allowed to gather at mass political protests against Netanyahu each week, ordered the religious schools, called yeshivas, to reopen. Anger grows at Israel’s ultra-Orthodox virus scofflaws, threatening rupture with secular Jews 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Decades ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment’s prohibition of “establishment” of religion was violated if the government supplied maps to religious schools, but not if it supplied books. Opinion | Maine likes not-too-religious schools 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The latest lawsuit targeting Maine’s tuition program was filed in August 2018 after the Supreme Court held that a Missouri program was wrong in denying a grant to a religious school for playground resurfacing. Maine ban on religious tuition funding goes to Supreme Court 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z The measure is among several proposed expansions of Arizona’s wide-ranging programs to aid private and religious schools with public money. Divided Senate OKs expanded tax funds for private schools 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The measure is the latest proposed expansion of Arizona’s wide-ranging programs to aid private and religious schools with public money. Arizona measure would expand tax funds for private schools 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z He issued an injunction overriding Mr. Beshear’s order and opening religious schools. Supreme Court Rejects Religious School’s Challenge to Kentucky Virus Order 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Now comes another occasion for jurisprudential hairsplitting about contacts between the government and religious schools. Opinion | Maine likes not-too-religious schools 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron echoed Shackleford’s warning in a statement Thursday evening, urging the governor to “carefully consider future executive action related to religious schools.” High court denies Kentucky religious school’s plea to reopen 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z At issue is whether the governor’s order violates the constitutional rights of private religious schools. Editorial Roundup: Kentucky 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The Justice Department on Friday sided with a group of Catholic high schools in Michigan, which are suing the state over an emergency health order that bans in-person classes at religious schools. DOJ says Michigan shutdown of Catholic schools is unconstitutional, joins schools in lawsuit 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Kentucky’s Supreme Court last month upheld the governor’s authority to issue coronavirus-related mandates, but Beshear is now embroiled in another legal fight over his recent virus-related suspension of in-person classes at religious schools. Hardships mount in Kentucky as COVID-19 relief talks drag on 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Maine says, in effect, that it can disqualify a religious school that takes its status too seriously. Opinion | Maine likes not-too-religious schools 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from a high school tuition voucher program, upholding the law after a U.S. Maine ban on tuition payments to religious schools is upheld 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove agreed and halted the order’s inclusion of religious schools on the basis it discriminated against them and their students. Editorial Roundup: Kentucky 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z LAHORE, Pakistan — At least eight people were killed and more than 100 wounded when a powerful explosion ripped through an Islamic religious school in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said. Blast at Pakistani Religious School Kills at Least 8 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z They launched an air strike against a mosque in the same province, where in an adjacent religious school young boys were studying the Koran. Surviving a week in Afghanistan 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z That is, parents can pick only religious schools that are not very serious about religion. Opinion | Maine likes not-too-religious schools 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The Maine Department of Education currently allows families who reside in towns without public high schools to receive tuition to attend a public or private school, as long as it’s not a religious school. Maine ban on tuition payments to religious schools is upheld 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z James has generally been supportive of DeVos' agenda, which has steered money away from public schools to private and religious schools. Michigan Republican fundraised at DeVos family home while trying to downplay financial ties 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z The religious school was cordoned off as officials combed for forensic evidence. Blast at Pakistani Religious School Kills at Least 8 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The mayor’s plan, which required state approval, would close about 100 public schools and 200 private schools including religious schools. Governor orders some NYC schools closed amid virus flare-up 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z On Monday, a coalition of private, mostly religious schools, called on the County Board of Supervisors and public health officials to accept waivers to allow its campuses to reopen, according to The Times. LA County allows some elementary schools to apply for waivers to reopen 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The 5-4 ruling preserved a program that offered indirect tuition assistance through tax credits rather than direct state aid to religious schools. Maine ban on tuition payments to religious schools is upheld 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Justice said the testing would be free for the private and religious schools because of federal funding from the pandemic relief fund but Bishop questioned whether that was accurate. Diocese declines offer to open schools in orange counties 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z In a second major 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional for states seeking the separation of church and state to refuse government scholarships to pupils of private religious schools. It’s still a conservative Supreme Court, even after recent liberal decisions — here’s why 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Most of the neighborhoods targeted by the restrictions are home to part of the city’s large Orthodox Jewish community, where many religious schools resumed in-person instruction in early September. Governor orders some NYC schools closed amid virus flare-up 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, there was Mother Joseph Pariseau, the nun who designed several religious schools and hospitals. How 5 Seattle women elevated the regional and national profile of Northwest Modern design 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The appeals court granted an injunction to stop Vermont from excluding some high school students who attend religious schools from taking college classes through a dual enrollment program until an appeal is decided. Maine ban on tuition payments to religious schools is upheld 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Justice provided the exemption to private and religious schools Wednesday, only if they agree to pre-test students and staff. Diocese declines offer to open schools in orange counties 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled in a Montana case that states can’t cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education. 3 Vermont families sue for tuition for religious schools 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Some experts say it speaks to a challenge for religious schools as they seek to balance a highly competitive marketplace with their core values. After Jerry Falwell Jr.’s departure, Liberty University faces questions about faith, power, accountability 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a petition Wednesday on behalf of 14 parents and five religious schools as well as interest groups for the state’s school-voucher program and religious schools. Private schools want Dane Co. in-person school limits tossed 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z In June, the Supreme Court struck down a statewide ban on taxpayer funding for religious schools. Educator in Pennsylvania's 'poorest town' fights to 'save those kids' with school choice 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The army resumed demolitions in late 2014, after three Jewish religious school students were kidnapped and killed. Rare Israeli ruling against practice of demolishing homes of Palestinians accused of violence 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Three families are suing Vermont’s education secretary and certain school districts, saying that denying them a state tuition benefit to send their children to religious schools is unconstitutional. 3 Vermont families sue for tuition for religious schools 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z And they worry about discrimination in charter school admissions and what it means for the separation of church and state if public money goes into the coffers of private religious schools. Joe Biden's and President Trump's education policy stances widely diverge 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The diocese chose that option after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said religious schools were exempt from local orders delaying in-person instruction. Amid pandemic, future of many Catholic schools is in doubt 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Guides say their managers instructed them to block off an exhibit on same-sex marriage during tours for religious schools. ‘Racism Is Pervasive and Systemic’ at Canada’s Museum of Human Rights, Report Says 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z In Montgomery County, Maryland, parents held a protest Wednesday against an order by Dr. Travis Gayles, the county health officer, closing private and religious schools until Oct. Parents see teachers union gamesmanship, demand return to in-school learning 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The denial of the tuition payments to families choosing “otherwise qualified religious schools” is unconstitutional, the lawsuit states. 3 Vermont families sue for tuition for religious schools 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z A federal appeals court has granted an injunctive to allow students who attend a Vermont religious school to take college classes under the state’s Dual Enrollment program while an appeal is pending. Federal appeals court OKs religious school students’ motion 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Conservatives also saw major wins for religious schools — protecting their rights to fire whom they desire and provide them access to state grants. Supreme Court has highest approval rating since 2009, Gallup poll says 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z "To threaten imprisonment for the act of reopening a religious school is draconian and flies in the face of the religious freedoms this state was founded on." Maryland Gov. Hogan at odds with state officials over mandate to keep private schools closed amid coronavirus 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z And it also wants to extend funds to private and religious schools. Mnuchin Calls for Congress to Pass More Stimulus This Month 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, upheld a Montana scholarship program that allows state tax credits for private schooling in which almost all the recipients attend religious schools. 3 Vermont families sue for tuition for religious schools 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z In all, 11 mosques, five madrasas or religious schools, a Muslim shrine and a graveyard were attacked and damaged, a team from the commission said the report released on Thursday. Indian minorities panel faults police role in Delhi riots targeting Muslims 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Republicans also plan to include funding for families that want to send their children to private or religious schools, according to several people familiar with the planning. Trump administration, congressional Republicans eye tying school aid to reopening in next funding bill 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Supreme Court that said states must give religious schools the same access to public funding that other private schools receive: Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z In a second major decision on religious rights on Wednesday, the court ruled by another 7-to-2 vote that employment discrimination laws did not apply to teachers in religious schools. Supreme Court Upholds Trump Administration Regulation Letting Employers Opt Out of Birth Control Coverage 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z A lawsuit by three families in Maine who want the state to pay for religious school tuition is pending in the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. 3 Vermont families sue for tuition for religious schools 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue, the court, again in an opinion by Roberts, ruled that a program that provided scholarships for private schools had to make those scholarships equally available to religious schools. Opinion | Think this was a liberal term at the Supreme Court? You probably missed some cases. 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z To those who closely watch the court, its decisions appeared to bob and weave: a vote for abortion rights one day, an opinion giving a long-awaited victory to religious schools who want public funding another. With wave of major rulings, Roberts and Supreme Court emerge as powerful counterweight to Trump and Congress 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue very reasonably said states that subsidize private schools can’t discriminate against religious schools. Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Last week, by a 5-to-4 vote, it said state programs that provide scholarships to students in private schools may not exclude religious schools. Supreme Court Upholds Trump Administration Regulation Letting Employers Opt Out of Birth Control Coverage 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Last month, the court ruled that states must allow religious schools to participate in state scholarship programs funded by tax credits. How has Trump's Supreme Court changed America? 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Previously, the court had held that a government program that provided help to private schools for playground resurfacing had to be made available to religious schools as well. Opinion | Think this was a liberal term at the Supreme Court? You probably missed some cases. 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z He also spoke for the court in requiring states to include religious schools when they direct public money to private schools. Thomas spoke, Roberts ruled in unusual Supreme Court term 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z It’s an important victory for religious freedom in states that were discriminating against religious schools. Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Religious organizations and nonprofits, including private and religious schools, are eligible for PPP funds. Two megachurches land more than $5 million in coronavirus loans 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Critics say it may divert funds from public schools, in favour of private or religious schools. How has Trump's Supreme Court changed America? 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue, a case that ruled states offering aid to secular private schools must also make it available to religious schools, and Little Sisters of the Poor v. An inside look at how Trump's Supreme Court list is made: ‘A tremendous investment of time’ 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z And some of the liberal justices joined with conservatives in a defeat for environmental interests and in two religious liberty cases, including one that prohibits some employees of religious schools from suing over job discrimination. Thomas spoke, Roberts ruled in unusual Supreme Court term 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In June, DeVos issued a rule that required public schools to share federal coronavirus relief funds with private and religious schools. Charter schools may have double-dipped as much as $1 billion in PPP small business loans 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “Judicial review of the way in which religious schools discharge those responsibilities would undermine the independence of religious institutions in a way that the First Amendment does not tolerate.” Supreme Court affirms ‘ministerial exception’ that protects religious organizations from some lawsuits 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Epsinoza, where five justices held that the US constitution itself required government programmes to be made equally accessible to secular and religious schools. How has Trump's Supreme Court changed America? 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z And last week religious groups achieved a longtime goal when the court ruled that states that provide support to private education must allow religious schools to participate. Supreme Court says employers may opt out of Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate over religious, moral objections 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled this week that religious schools are entitled to the same taxpayer monies as other private schools. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Shortly after the program was enacted, the Montana Department of Revenue put in place a rule that barred scholarship recipients from using funds from the program to pay for religious schools. SCOTUS delivers "seismic shock" ruling on religious schools 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Eric Rassbach, a senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represented the schools, said the decision was a “huge win for religious schools of all faith traditions.” Supreme Court affirms ‘ministerial exception’ that protects religious organizations from some lawsuits 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z The court has advanced other conservative causes this term, expanding presidential power and challenging the separation of church and state by releasing public funding for religious schools. US supreme court gives conservatives the blues but what's really going on? 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the state of Montana could not use a provision in its Constitution to exclude religious schools from its private school scholarship program. Private and Religious School Backers See Broad Victory in Supreme Court Decision 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The decision was simple: If a state offers vouchers to private schools, it must include religious schools. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z When it held that government can fund religious schools’ textbooks but not maps, a bemused Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 1978 wondered: What about atlases, which are books of maps? Opinion | 127 years after his death, James Blaine had another bad day 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The court’s decision means states that provide funds to private secular schools must also provide funds to private religious schools. U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on religious schools unlikely to have immediate impact in Washington 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z He compared the Montana case to a 2017 decision in which the court held that the state of Missouri couldn’t exclude religious schools from a program that subsidized the resurfacing of playgrounds. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The amendments were named for James G. Blaine, who in the 1800s sought legal mechanisms to deny religious schools public funding, a popular stance at a time rife with discrimination against Catholics. Private and Religious School Backers See Broad Victory in Supreme Court Decision 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a ban on taxpayer funding for religious schools, in a narrow but significant win for the school choice movement. Thomas Sowell sounds alarm to Mark Levin about the left's efforts to cripple charter schools 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The court has split many hairs about tangential contacts between government and religious schools. Opinion | 127 years after his death, James Blaine had another bad day 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Under this ruling, those states might need to offer the same incentive for students who want to attend religious schools. U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on religious schools unlikely to have immediate impact in Washington 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z States should be free to decline to subsidize religious instruction so long as they treat all religious schools the same. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The most immediate effect of the decision may be found in Mr. Blaine’s home state, Maine, where the Institute for Justice is challenging a law that excludes religious schools from a tuition program. Private and Religious School Backers See Broad Victory in Supreme Court Decision 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z A lawsuit by three families in Maine who want the state to pay for for religious school tuition is already pending in the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Maine, Vermont next in fight over aid to religious schools 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Constitution's Free Exercise Clause because it prevented religious schools from participating in an aid program that would have provided tax credits for scholarships at private schools. Roberts drifts away from conservative bloc, angering Republicans and exciting the left 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The peculiar thing about the Montana ruling, however, is that it did not exclude religious schools — it eliminated the entire scholarship program. Betsy DeVos cheers Supreme Court ruling that gives taxpayer money to religious schools 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that said states can’t cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education: Editorial Roundup: US 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The program provides money for private school tuition to families who do not have access to a public school, but it has excluded religious schools since the 1980s. Private and Religious School Backers See Broad Victory in Supreme Court Decision 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z But the state Supreme Court ruled in 1999 that public money cannot be used for religious schools. Maine, Vermont next in fight over aid to religious schools 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In 2018, 94 percent of the scholarships went to students attending religious schools. Supreme Court Gives Religious Schools More Access to State Aid 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The ruling dovetails with a rule that DeVos issued last week requiring public schools to share federal coronavirus relief funds with private and religious schools. Betsy DeVos cheers Supreme Court ruling that gives taxpayer money to religious schools 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z After religious schools were denied participation in the program, some parents challenged that decision. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Specifically, the Maine law excludes religious schools from a “town tuitioning” program, which was created in 1873 and is thought to be the second oldest school voucher program in the nation. Private and Religious School Backers See Broad Victory in Supreme Court Decision 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The 5-4 decision overturned a state supreme court ruling that the tax credit violated the Montana constitution’s ban on state aid to religious schools. Maine, Vermont next in fight over aid to religious schools 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Question wording: The state of Montana has banned students from using taxpayer-subsidized scholarships to attend religious schools. Supreme Court Gives Religious Schools More Access to State Aid 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z So it was with Tuesday’s decision that states may not exclude religious schools from student tuition programs that benefit other private schools. Opinion | Low-income families are the true winners of the Supreme Court’s religious schools ruling 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The court “held not only that the Constitution does not prohibit a state from supporting religious schools, but also that it requires a state to include religious schools in any school choice program,” he said. Supreme Court says states that subsidize private education must include religious schools 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The state's revenue department made a rule banning those tax-credit scholarships from going to religious schools before the state's supreme court later struck down the entire program. Trump calls Supreme Court ruling a 'historic win for families who want school choice' 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “Excluding religious schools from the array of options open to Maine parents who receiving the tuition benefit, simply because they are religious schools, is now clearly unconstitutional,” Keller wrote. Maine, Vermont next in fight over aid to religious schools 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue, the court ruled, 5 to 4, that states may not exclude religious schools from programs that provide scholarships to students attending private schools. Supreme Court Gives Religious Schools More Access to State Aid 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z State tax authorities determined that religious schools didn’t qualify. Opinion | Low-income families are the true winners of the Supreme Court’s religious schools ruling 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Tuesday’s ruling focused on a program that offered indirect tuition assistance through tax credits rather than direct state aid to religious schools. High court sparks new battle over church-state separation 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z President Trump touted a Supreme Court Tuesday ruling which struck down a state ban on taxpayer funding for religious schools, calling it a “historic win” for school choice. Trump calls Supreme Court ruling a 'historic win for families who want school choice' 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “The U.S. Supreme Court emphatically rejected that and said you are discriminating against religious schools and families who attend religious schools based on their status as religion,” he said. Maine, Vermont next in fight over aid to religious schools 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “How would the majority’s rule distinguish between those states in which support for charter schools is akin to public school funding and those in which it triggers a constitutional obligation to fund private religious schools?” Supreme Court Gives Religious Schools More Access to State Aid 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The state’s highest court had struck down the tax credit as a violation of the Montana constitution’s ban on state aid to religious schools. Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “This is a chance to get public schools and religious schools on equal footing,” McDonald said, adding that the extent of change would depend on how many state legislatures opt to expand tuition assistance. High court sparks new battle over church-state separation 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z He advocated for passing a $5 billion federal tax credit program that would pay for scholarships to private and religious schools. Pence to court evangelicals in conservative Milwaukee suburb 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue, the Montana Supreme Court struck down a state scholarship program for disadvantaged children to go to the school of their choice because some of the funds could go to religious schools. Supreme Court likely to extend term to decide remaining cases 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has long held that states may choose to provide aid to religious schools along with other private schools. Supreme Court Gives Religious Schools More Access to State Aid 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Parents whose children attend religious schools sued to preserve the program. Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The court left unresolved the extent to which religious schools may use public funding for explicitly religious activities, such as worship services and religious-education courses. High court sparks new battle over church-state separation 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The case arose after the Montana Supreme Court struck down a state scholarship program for disadvantaged children to go to the school of their choice because some of the funds could go to religious schools. Major cases still pending at Supreme Court, term could spill into July 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Enrollment and tuition revenues are plunging along with philanthropic donations and church collections that help some religious schools operate. DeVos Demands Public Schools Share Pandemic Aid With Private Institutions 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Of the 37 states with Blaine amendments, he said, 14 have strict prohibitions on the participation of religious schools in state programs. Supreme Court Gives Religious Schools More Access to State Aid 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s one of several examples of DeVos using the relief funding to advance her longtime goals, including taxpayer support for private and religious schools. Betsy DeVos defends decision to direct stimulus money to private schools 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Mach said that issue likely would be the focus of future litigation, given that many religious schools consider doctrinal education to be at the core of their mission. High court sparks new battle over church-state separation 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The court will soon decide whether states may exclude religious schools from state programs that provide scholarships to students attending private schools. Supreme Court Hears Cases on Whether Employment Bias Laws Cover Teachers at Religious Schools 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z But Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. indicated that he felt almost all teachers at religious schools would qualify. Supreme Court split on when parochial teachers may make discrimination claims 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Religious rights advocates cite that opinion and say it applies broadly to teachers in religious schools. Supreme Court sounds split in case on rights for Catholic school teachers 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The justices on the Supreme Court were split Monday in their approach to cases involving employment discrimination lawsuits against religious schools. Supreme Court divided in religious school employment discrimination case 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Another attorney who co-authored a brief supporting the plaintiffs, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty vice president and senior counsel Eric Baxter, predicted the ruling will not result in significant new funds flowing to religious schools. High court sparks new battle over church-state separation 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “The schools’ argument would strip more than 300,000 lay teachers in religious schools across the country of basic employment-law protections,” he said. Supreme Court Hears Cases on Whether Employment Bias Laws Cover Teachers at Religious Schools 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Biel, teachers at religious schools did not have their contracts renewed, allegedly due to age discrimination and health reasons, respectively. Supreme Court enters week of high-profile cases featuring Trump tax returns 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Fisher on May 11 will represent two teachers in a case about whether the First Amendment protects religious schools against anti-discrimination laws. Supreme Court arguments resume next week, with all the grandeur of working from home 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Biel, involve teachers at religious schools whose contracts were not renewed, allegedly due to age discrimination and a cancer diagnosis, respectively. Supreme Court divided in religious school employment discrimination case 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, contended that many of the religious schools participating in Montana’s program had discriminatory policies. High court sparks new battle over church-state separation 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z He was inspired to sign up when he and his friends began attending a madrassa, or religious school, in his area, which was under the control of the Taliban. Inside the centre trying to save teenage militants 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z In June 2019, the department filed a statement of interest in a case in Maine, arguing that a law that banned religious schools from the state’s tuition program was unconstitutional. Justice Department takes church’s side in 1st Amendment suit 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Muhimman’s aunt, Shazia, who wanted only her first name used, said she believes the abuse of young children is endemic in Pakistan’s religious schools. Child sex abuse in Pakistan’s religious schools is endemic 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Eric Rassbach, attorney for Our Lady of Guadalupe, insisted that the religious school teachers are indeed religious leaders for the purposes of the exemption because they are teaching students about religion. Supreme Court divided in religious school employment discrimination case 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z “Members of the faith should fund those religious schools, not the taxpayers,” said Laser, who is Jewish. High court sparks new battle over church-state separation 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z While some religious schools initially dragged their feet, the overwhelming majority of the nation’s schools are now shuttered. For Students at a Lone School in California, Class Is Still On 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z One El Al flight from New York transported at least 65 students from a Brooklyn religious school who tested positive for the virus and were quarantined upon arrival. As virus spikes among ultra-Orthodox, Israel deploys security forces to make them stay home 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z But there are many more religious schools that are unregistered. Child sex abuse in Pakistan’s religious schools is endemic 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z In the interview, he cited instances in which the country’s ultra-orthodox community continued to hold large weddings and some religious schools remained open despite a national closure of educational institutions. Netanyahu: Israel may order lockdown over coronavirus if citizens don't follow guidelines 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Also on the court’s agenda is a long-running $8 billion copyright legal battle between Google and Oracle, and a test of which employees of religious schools are covered by anti-discrimination laws. Supreme Court to postpone arguments over coronavirus crisis, a first since 1918 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The public schools are open in New York City, but many charter, private and religious schools are closed. Coronavirus in N.Y.: Will a Surge in Patients Overwhelm Hospitals? 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z The ultra-Orthodox routinely have large families packed into small apartments and interact constantly with others at religious schools, synagogues and ritual baths. As virus spikes among ultra-Orthodox, Israel deploys security forces to make them stay home 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z And last fall the Justice Department supported an appeals case in Maine, saying that a state law banning religious schools from the state’s school tuition program was unconstitutional. Justice Dept. Religious Freedom Training Spurs Concern Among Lawyers 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “If we just cancel religious schools and work and everything and people are living in a state of fear, that's not a healthy community,” said Saif Rahman, director of public and government affairs. Mosques cancel Friday prayers as leaders face a dilemma of whether to close 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Waderes 1 decision, state bans on public funding for religious schools and protection under the 1964 Civil Rights Act against discrimination in hiring based on sexual orientation. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Moreover, it isn’t clear why a religious school should enjoy a break from higher minimum wages, while a religious bakery or coffee shop or retail store would not qualify. Recent Missouri editorials 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z But when Lee recused himself, citing previous work on tax exemptions for religious schools, the case fell to his senior deputy, Mr. Wallace, who filed a brief arguing that the IRS could revoke the exemptions. Lawrence Wallace, Supreme Court advocate with a famous footnote, dies at 88 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Under his leadership, the Justice Department supported parents in Maine who sued in an effort to force the state to include religious schools in its tuition-funding program. Barr Criticizes Mainstream Media as ‘Monolithic in Viewpoint’ 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Trump’s budget attempts to deliver on a campaign promise to expand the voucher program, which pays for low-income families in the nation’s capital to attend private and religious schools. Trump budget: D.C. wanted more security dollars; school, voucher funding would go up 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Montana centers on a 2015 law passed by the Montana legislature allowing families that send their children to private or religious school to receive tax credits — paid for by the public. Two major banks pull support from Florida school voucher programs because of anti-LGBTQ policies 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z But private religious schools can’t demand access to secular programs when it suits them, then turn around and demand an exemption from secular laws they don’t like. Recent Missouri editorials 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z That program was later overturned because it conflicted with the state’s Blaine amendment blocking public funding for religious schools. Editorial Roundup: 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Earlier in the day, she was at the Supreme Court when justices heard arguments in a case considering whether a state can exclude religious schools from a taxpayer-supported scholarship program. Betsy DeVos compares choice of abortion to choice of slavery 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z He was a critical ally for the booming natural gas industry while championing abortion restrictions, taxpayer support for private and religious schools and privatization of the state-controlled wine and liquor system. Pennsylvania’s GOP House speaker to retire after three terms 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “I wonder,” the chief justice said, “if there’s a difference between general funding of the public schools and the decision to provide aid to private schools, except not religious schools.” Supreme Court Seems Ready to Lift Limits on State Aid to Religious Schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “The only reason the court invalidated the program was because it included religious schools,” said Richard B. Komer, who was representing the parents on behalf of the libertarian Institute for Justice. Supreme Court’s conservatives seem open to some state aid for religious schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue, is whether states are violating constitutional religious or equal protection clauses when they prevent or overturn neutral student-aid programs that offer families the option to choose a religious school. Editorial Roundup: 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court’s liberal justices sought Wednesday to school the plaintiffs challenging a Montana voucher program’s ban on funding tuition to religious schools, offering history lessons and thought experiments from the bench. Justice seemingly split over Montana voucher program for religious schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The state's revenue department made a rule banning those tax-credit scholarships from going to religious schools before the state's supreme court later struck down the entire law. Supreme Court justices clash over major school-choice case 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “This case asks whether the federal Constitution allows the wholesale exclusion of religious schools from scholarship programs,” he said. Supreme Court Seems Ready to Lift Limits on State Aid to Religious Schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “Are you saying that states are forced to give money both to secular and religious schools?” she asked. Supreme Court’s conservatives seem open to some state aid for religious schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The court was sharply divided along ideological lines in arguments over a provision in Montana’s constitution that bars state aid to religious schools. Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Montana Department of Revenue that a ruling in their favor would compel the states to fund private, religious schools — in violation of the Founding Fathers’ wishes. Justice seemingly split over Montana voucher program for religious schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Montana said its no-aid provision protects religious freedom by preventing the government from gaining influence over religious schools and weakening public schools. U.S. Supreme Court examines religious school funding in major rights case 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The groups cited curriculums and handbooks from religious schools that participated in the Montana program. Religious School Choice Case May Yield Landmark Supreme Court Decision 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z He said the Montana court’s remedy of striking the entire program did not shield it from charges of discriminating against parents who favored religious schools. Supreme Court’s conservatives seem open to some state aid for religious schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In their appeal to the nine justices, lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that Montana’s decision to exclude religious school students from the scholarship program violated their rights under the U.S. Supreme Court religious rights case has big implications for U.S. schools 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Supreme Court has shown a willingness to side with religious schools seeking public funding, most recently in 2017’s Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia Inc. v. Justice seemingly split over Montana voucher program for religious schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z When the Montana Supreme Court considered the scholarship program, it found that allowing public money to flow to religious schools, even indirectly, ran afoul of the state constitution. Justices taking up bans on state money to religious schools 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Ms. DeVos, who sent her own children to private religious schools, tried to defeat the Blaine Amendment in her home state, Michigan. Religious School Choice Case May Yield Landmark Supreme Court Decision 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court’s conservative justices appeared inclined to endorse a Montana program that provided tax incentives to those who fund scholarships for families to use at religious schools. Supreme Court’s conservatives seem open to some state aid for religious schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The case emerged in Montana, where the state constitution prohibits public dollars from going to religious schools. Trump administration moves to protect prayer in public schools and federal funds for religious organizations 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The court hears arguments in cases on Tuesday and Wednesday, including a closely watched dispute over religious rights involving public funding for students to attend private religious schools. U.S. chief justice faces unfamiliar glare of spotlight at Trump trial 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Religious liberty advocates are cheering the Education Department’s plan to longer ban faith-based volunteers, members of religious orders and teachers at religious schools from federal student loan forgiveness programs. Education Department’s student loan forgiveness programs to include faith-based schools 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The decision to discontinue the tax credits for secular and religious schools was aimed at both goals, they said. Religious School Choice Case May Yield Landmark Supreme Court Decision 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The lucky ones joined Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who has made including religious schools in school choice programs a priority and who sat in the front row. Supreme Court’s conservatives seem open to some state aid for religious schools 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z A panel of appeals court justices is deciding whether the state of Maine should pay for the three families to send their children to religious schools because they live in districts that lack high schools. Lawyers in religious tuition case readying for Supreme Court 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Tierney said the arrangement by which the monks and the board share power at Saint Anselm is not unusual among religious schools nor is the debate over creeping secularization. Monks at Saint Anselm clash with college board over power 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The Council for American Private Education also welcomed the changes, saying “religious schools should not be excluded from loan forgiveness or deferment because of the mission of the organization.” Education Department’s student loan forgiveness programs to include faith-based schools 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court has ruled that states may include religious schools in publicly funded school choice programs, but a ruling that would essentially require it would be groundbreaking. Religious School Choice Case May Yield Landmark Supreme Court Decision 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Supreme Court to look again at whether teachers at religious schools are ‘ministerial’ A Maryland case asks: Should some private schools be banned from accessing public voucher dollars? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z He said they promptly receive medical treatment, have access to literacy classes, religious schools and even a gymnasium and are served meat at least three times a week. In Afghanistan, jailed Taliban await peace, their freedom 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Soon after the program started, though, a state agency said students attending religious schools were not eligible. Montana Battle Over Aid for Religious Schools Reaches Supreme Court 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Becket’s lawyers argue that the government and the courts should have no role in deciding who will be a teacher at a religious school. Supreme Court will decide if religious freedom shields Catholic schools from teacher suits 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Lawsuits could compel public agencies to provide comparable funding and benefits to religious schools if the agencies support other private schools. Religious School Choice Case May Yield Landmark Supreme Court Decision 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z One involves whether employees at religious schools are entitled to nondiscrimination protections. A Maryland case asks: Should some private schools be banned from accessing public voucher dollars? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z There had also been a zoning fight over the small synagogue and religious school on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive that the Hasidic community had opened up next to the kosher market. ‘I’ve Cried My Eyes Out’: Victims of N.J. Shooting Are Mourned 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “It would be an odd outcome to say the First Amendment requires Montana to restart a program that doesn’t exist and use that program to fund religious schools.” Montana Battle Over Aid for Religious Schools Reaches Supreme Court 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z In October, the department filed a brief in support of parents suing over a Maine law that bans religious schools from the state’s school tuition program. Barr Dives Into the Culture Wars, and Social Conservatives Rejoice 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z The state’s Department of Revenue later determined that religious schools — about 70 percent of Montana’s private schools — could not participate. Religious School Choice Case May Yield Landmark Supreme Court Decision 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The second involves a tax-credit scholarship program in Montana, where the state’s constitution prohibits public funding from going to religious schools. A Maryland case asks: Should some private schools be banned from accessing public voucher dollars? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Investigators have also turned up at least one Muslim cleric running a marriage bureau from his madrassa, or religious school. AP Exclusive: 629 Pakistani girls sold as brides to China 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z In Montana, that meant religious schools: 12 of the 13 schools that participated in the program were religious, and one was a school for children with disabilities. Montana Battle Over Aid for Religious Schools Reaches Supreme Court 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The men were also fundraising to construct a religious school in Pakistan that would have been used instead to train terrorists. London Bridge attacker was convicted terrorist who plotted to blow up British landmarks, police say 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z And now that he has won, nationalists like Gnanasara want him to promote Sinhalese culture at the expense of Muslims, such as getting rid of Islamic religious schools. Buddhist nationalists claim victory in Sri Lankan election 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z A group of parents sued the state, arguing that they should be able to use the scholarship funds to send their children to religious schools. A Maryland case asks: Should some private schools be banned from accessing public voucher dollars? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z But in an extremely West L.A. coincidence, a rabbi who had taught me in Jewish religious school is married to Jack Bender, the show’s primary in-house director. Going back to the island with a 'Lost' podcast and why rewatch shows are taking over 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z In one year, 94 percent of the scholarships went to religious schools. Montana Battle Over Aid for Religious Schools Reaches Supreme Court 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z “The legislature could act tomorrow and say that if you are a private religious school receiving public education dollars it’s illegal for you to discriminate against teachers and students,” Saunders said. Florida teacher condemns ‘hypocrisy’ of school that fired her for being gay 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z They attend religious schools inside the camp so are being brainwashed, but others argue they are innocent. Inside the ISIS prison camp 'little caliphate' breeding the next generation of jihadis 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z It uses public money to provide subsidies to more than 1,000 low-income families to help pay for tuition at private and religious schools. Betsy DeVos blasts 'Tinseltown’ for ignoring a movie she likes and calls her critics ‘bullies’ 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It was the fourth such operation in a month and brings the total released from religious schools in northern Nigeria to more than 1,000. World Digest: Oct. 19, 2019 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z The court relied on a provision of the state’s Constitution that bars the use of government money to aid religious schools. Montana Battle Over Aid for Religious Schools Reaches Supreme Court 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z He asserted that the problem is “state policies designed to starve religious schools of generally available funds and encouraging students to choose secular options.” William Barr’s Wild Misreading of the First Amendment 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The court is currently considering another case involving religious schools’ ability to access government funds made available to other private schools. ‘Organized destruction’: William Barr blasts ‘militant secularists’ over assault on religion 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Critics have said in the past that the initiative is problematic because most students using vouchers in the District attend religious schools. D.C.’s controversial school vouchers get the star treatment in a new movie 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z I also support private and religious schools where those schools meet the needs of students and parents better than the available public options. Public school means all the public 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z That’s a different kind of “school choice” than the voucher programs that use public funding for private and religious schools cheered by many conservatives — but is a distinction some may miss. Better polling means sharper scrutiny. Is Warren ready? 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z In a major case before the Supreme Court this year, the Trump Administration is supporting religious parents who want to use a Montana state-tax-credit program to pay for their children’s religious schools. William Barr’s Wild Misreading of the First Amendment 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The Department of Justice is supporting Maine parents who are challenging a state school tuition policy they say violates the First Amendment rights of students who attend religious schools. Justice Department looks to overturn Maine’s refusal to pay for religious school tuition 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The Trump administration argues such discrimination is unconstitutional because it imposes “a special disability on religious schools because they are religious.” Here are the big cases to watch in Supreme Court's new term 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The court will also decide whether Montana can exclude religious schools from a state scholarship program. As the Supreme Court Gets Back to Work, Five Big Cases to Watch 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z The Montana Supreme Court struck down a state program that provided tax credits for contributions to a private school scholarship fund because religious schools were included in the program. Top cases for the Supreme Court’s new term 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z This effort is also a major priority of Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education, who is pushing for the increased availability of taxpayer vouchers to pay for religious schools. William Barr’s Wild Misreading of the First Amendment 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Parents of four children attending private, religious schools filed suit in August 2018, saying the policy tramples on their free speech rights. Justice Department looks to overturn Maine’s refusal to pay for religious school tuition 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Australia wants Malka Leifer extradited to face 74 charges of abusing students while she was principal at a Jewish religious school in Melbourne. Israel court orders house arrest for Australian suspect 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The battle was brought against Montana after it withdrew religious schools from a school choice grant program. Supreme Court showdown looming on religious liberty, LGBTQ cases 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Both tax-credit programs inherently are controversial because they use public resources to cover private contributions to private, often religious schools. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z |
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