In United States do you have publicly funded Christian schools and also Public Schools?

Question

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In Canada, we have publicly funded Catholic Schools (which have to accept all denominations, but the students have to accept that Religion is taught).

And

We also have publicly funded Public Schools (which also accepts all denominations, but the students have to accept and realize that Religious concepts are not taught)

Does the United States follow a similar model with Public and may Christian schools?

In Canada, you have the option to direct your School Taxes to either Seperate (Catholic) or Public Schools.

You designate this on your property taxes. This way your money (taxes) go to the school board you wish to support.

And thus, people's money is not being used to pay for something they would be unhappy about.

Answer 1

catholic schools are not publicly funded in America. public schools are funded by taxes collected and used for the school district that you live in.

Answer 2

The US Constitution is currently interpreted to make the funding of any kind of religion education or schools with public money illegal. Students wanting to attend a Catholic, or other religious school, have to pay for it themselves.

Answer 3

NO, we have separation of state and church so no religious teaching schools are state funded... just normal public schools where we are taught evolution to a basic minor point like just touch on the subject....

Answer 4

Bush instituted a system very similar to that, however most liberals are opposed to it. Public school teachers have a powerful union, and they vote democrat. If a democrat wins the next election, we will probably go back to a system that offers free public education, or a private education only if you can afford to pay for it.

Answer 5

No religious schools can receive public funds in the US.

Answer 6

It's very similar... actually.

The private school (christian or otherwise) is required to teach everything that the public schools offer and they are given some assistance for doing this, (approved books, and media for example.)

All the cost of religious or non-recognized classes offered at a non-public school are at the expense of the non-public school or the parents of its students.

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Answer 7

Gosh---I didn't see one word in the article about the ACLU protesting the separation of church and state. How odd!! Perhaps that is because Islam really isn't a religion, but instead a form of government. So I guess there is no restriction regarding the separation of government and government. This paragraph at the end of the article caught my eye: “If my purpose in life is to submit to my creator, we should try to find a schedule that fits that. Nowadays, people look from the perspective of how can you work and will that conflict with prayer,” said Athar Aziz, president of the Islamic Society of Greater Harrisburg in Steelton. “But try to look at it from the other way. Should work conflict with our prayer? The whole idea is submission to God.” I'm all in favor of this guy defining his reason for living in any manner he chooses, but it sure sounds like he expects employers to bend over backwards to accommodate what is indeed HIS choice.

Answer 8

privately funded Christian schools are also called Parochial schools? If it's publicly funded, it is a public school, not a christian school.

Answer 9

unless your parents choose to pay for your education, there are only public schools. public schools are a property of the state, and because church and state are supposedly separate, there is not supposed to be any religious influence in public school. considering christianity has mass acceptance in america, we are often confronted with christian ideas in the classroom...and christian versions of history.

if my son's classmates knew his parents were pagan, he would suffer immensely. even if my son chooses not to be pagan.

Answer 10

No. No school in the US that endorses any religion can receive public funding, because of separation of church and state.