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• Read the full report, The Good Book Taught Wrong: 'Bible History' Classes in Florida's Public Schools, from People for the American Way.
• "Supreme Court To Review Pregame Prayers," Nov. 24, 1999.
• "A Parish Offering," Nov. 10, 1999, about a Louisiana school district that has been lending materials to religious schools for decades.
• "Church-State Issues Could Dominate High Court Term," Oct. 6, 1999.

Web Resources

• Read an ACLU legal bulletin on the establishment clause and public schools.
• Read the National Council of Churches proposed policy, "The Churches and the Public Schools at the Close of the Twentieth Century."
• "A Parent's Guide to Religion in the Public Schools." This report from the First Amendment Center and the National PTA provides parents with an outline of religious liberty rights in public schools.
• "The Supreme Court, Religion, and Public Education." This 1996 essay from the First Amendment Center explains previous Supreme Court decisions on religion in public schools.
• Read "Religion in the Public Schools: A Joint Statement of Current Law," a document from the Department of Education that reflects a significant new effort by religious groups to find common ground.

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