The program began in 1990 with just 350 students at
nonreligious private schools.
When asked about the design of a school voucher program, 85 percent of Americans support allowing parents using vouchers to choose both religious and
nonreligious private schools, a practice the U.S. Supreme Court upheld in 2002.
And
nonreligious private schools might not be able to draw on the community sources of social capital that Coleman deemed vital to Catholic high schools» success.
Eligible school children may choose to remain in public school, attend a religious school, or
a nonreligious private school.
I analyzed earnings data only for private school teachers in
nonreligious private schools.
The controversial program allows low - income students to enroll in
nonreligious private schools at the state's expense.
Following this approach, we might exclude parochial schools but not
nonreligious private schools from a school - voucher program, or bar religious student groups but not chess clubs and neighborhood - watch associations from meeting in public school classrooms.
In a series of grant - in - aid cases, the Court held that students in religious schools had to be denied benefits offered to students in
nonreligious private schools.
Not exact matches
Social welfare activities typically involve interaction between government funding agencies and a variety of
private service providers, both religious and
nonreligious.
Further, older students are more than twice as likely as younger students to have attended a vocational or technical high school or a two - year or community college, and much less likely to have attended a
private,
nonreligious grade and high school.
The unanimous 1987 decision in Corporation of the Presiding Bishop v. Amos revised a lower court's holding that Congress violated the establishment clause when it permitted churches to hire their own members in preference to others for
nonreligious jobs, a form of religious discrimination prohibited for other
private employers.
However, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in a series of surveys conducted between 1993 and 2012, reported on parental satisfaction with assigned public schools, public schools chosen by parents,
private religious schools, and
private nonreligious schools.
But within minutes, Chanin was in trouble again: «Supposing there are 10 schools out there, 10
private schools, nine of which are
nonreligious and one of which is religious,» imagined Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Congregations and other religious organizations often see religious education as an extension of their ministry and therefore, subsidize these schools, making them appear more affordable than other
private,
nonreligious schools.
Some programs offer as little as $ 2,500 for a year of tuition and other programs offer close to $ 30,000.29 The average tuition of
private schools across the country is $ 10,740, which does not include any additional services.30 For
nonreligious schools, that number is much higher — $ 21,810.31 In most cases, parents are responsible for paying the difference between the tuition costs and the amount provided by the voucher.
Maybe it's bad for federal law to impose such an obligation on employers, whether because the law is too vague, imposes unduly on
private employers, imposes unduly on coworkers, gives an undue preference to conscientious objectors (it has been interpreted to apply to
nonreligious conscientious objectors as well as religious ones), or something else.