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Article: Ed. Department must protect rights, says Americans United. (In The Capital).(Brief Article)
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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The U.S. Education Department should explicitly prohibit religious discrimination in after-school programs, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State and its allies.
To implement the "No Child Left Behind" Act, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush in January, the Department of Education prepared guidelines for non-governmental organizations, including religious groups, that receive direct public funding to provide after-school services for students.
When Congress passed the law, Americans United and other groups successfully sought to include civil rights protections in the legislation that would have forbid ...