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U.S. Supreme Court declines to review constitutionality of awarding academic credit for off-campus religious education

According to heraldonline.com, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit allowing Spartanburg School District 7 in South Carolina to issue academic credit to students for off-campus religious instruction through Spartanburg County Bible Education in School Time.

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Federal appellate court rules South Carolina district’s policy of awarding academic credit for off-campus religious instruction is constitutional

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a federal district court’s decision granting summary judgment to a South Carolina school district on the ground that its released time policy allowing students to earn academic credit for off-campus religious instruction does not violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

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