
After Religious Controversy, Massachusetts School Board Okays Christian Private School
The school aims to base its curriculum on that of the Accelerated Christian Education, a 50-year-old curriculum now used by over 1,000 U.S. schools.
The school aims to base its curriculum on that of the Accelerated Christian Education, a 50-year-old curriculum now used by over 1,000 U.S. schools.
What is education for? Is it for the student, or is it for the school?
For years, legal experts have been discussing possible battles over access to federal benefits and accreditation of religious schools, based on their acceptance of ideas such as same-sex marriage and accommodation of persons identifying as LGBT.
A federal district judge had ruled Nov. 25 that Beshear’s order could not apply to private religious schools because it infringed on their First Amendment rights.
Attorney General Ken Paxton said local public health ordinances must be consistent with the governor’s orders and the attorney general’s guidance, adding that local governments are “prohibited from closing religious institutions or dictating mitigation strategies to those institutions.”
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