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IP: CHURCH-STATE SUIT COULD NIX PLAN FOR INTERNET IN SCHOOLS -- from Edupage
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:30:48 -0400
The Supreme Court has decided to review an appeals court decision against a government program that allows public schools to loan classroom equipment to private and parochial schools. The appeals court struck down the program in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas due to First Amendment issues -- specifically language barring the government from "establishment" of religion. The Clinton administration has argued that, if implemented across the country, the ruling could jeopardize the administration's plan to provide schools with computer equipment and Internet access. The case will be heard next fall, but the Supreme Court is not likely to hand down a ruling until the following year. (USA Today 06/15/99)
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