(Fwd from Dan Conkle)Vouchers and Conditions

[Eugene Volokh]

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Date sent:      Mon, 15 Jun 1998 12:14:21 -0500
From:           Daniel Conkle <DANCONKLE at law.indiana.edu>
To:             volokh at LAW.UCLA.EDU
Subject:        Vouchers and Conditions

One condition worth noting in the Milwaukee plan itself, at least
according to the NY Times:  religious schools are required to exempt
voucher students (or perhaps all students, once a school agrees to
participate in the voucher program; the news story was ambiguous on
this point) from any religious activities to which the students'
parents object.  I would be interested to know the general practice
of religious schools in the absence of such a condition.

Dan Conkle
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Daniel O. Conkle
Professor of Law
Indiana University School of Law
Bloomington, Indiana  47405
(812) 855-4331
fax (812) 855-0555
e-mail conkle at indiana.edu or
danconkle at law.indiana.edu
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Marv Frandsen wrote as follows:


>A great day for the First Amendment, in my opinion.
>
>-- Michael McConnell (U of Utah)

Apparently the principle that federal money brings
federal control has been forgotten.

The unexpected side effect will eventually be
federal strings on private schools which do not
currently exist.

For those who support this, the perverse long term
effect may well be a diminuation of diversity, and
a reigning in of private religious schools to conform
to secular norms.

Be careful what you wish for ...

-- Marv Frandsen



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