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Opponents of the Pennsylvania law plan an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Ohio have enacted similar laws to help their troubled parochial schools. Many other states are considering a move in Pennsylvania's direction. Whatever the outcome, critics argue that a victory for...
If the schools are to survive, money must come from somewhere else-which means federal or state aid. Last year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Board of Education v. Allen that states could supply textbooks for purely secular subjects (science, mathematics, language) to nonpublic schools, and parochial-school educators...
Uncertain Assistance. Passage of any of these support bills will be made possible largely by a dawning realization among non-Catholics that whatever else Catholic education may be, it is a bargain for society. Parochial schools keep the average per-pupil cost to an estimated national average of $300-less...
Whether or not the measures passed, it was certain that lawmakers would not vote them down lightly. All of the bills have the backing of Citizens for Educational Freedom-the nation's most militant lobby for channeling tax money to nonpublic education.
Telegrams & Letters. CEF has developed an impressively efficient lobbying machine. Financed by dues ranging from $5 to $100 a year, it maintains offices in Washington and several states, puts out a bimonthly newspaper called Freedom in Education. Through its local chapters, CEF issues calls for public pressure on legislators whenever...