These Catholic claims prompted state constitutional amendments nationwide dictating that public funds for education could not be controlled by «any religious sect,» language carefully chosen to halt the Catholic drive while preserving
public school instruction in nonsectarian Protestantism.
Last week, it became clear in House and Senate education committees» meetings that not all lawmakers were on board with the move to these grade - level learning expectations that would have brought
Pennsylvania public school instruction more in unison with the standards that 44 other states and the District of Columbia were in the process of implementing.
It would also, however, strike out key elements of Proposition 227 — that landmark 1998 voter initiative that requires
all public school instruction to be conducted in English with some limited exceptions.