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PAGE 15 — The Georgia Bulletin, Janaury 11, 1990 Court Again Hits Funding On Non-Public Remedial Ed KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CNS) — A U.S. district court has ruled that funds cannot come “off the top” of federal remedial education aid to purchase vans or lease building space to allow students of non-public schools to get the education services. The U.S. Department of Education, whose secretary, Lauro Cavazos, was the defendant in the suit, said in a statement that it may appeal the decision, which was hand ed down Dec. 21 in Kansas City. Richard Duffy, coordinator for federal assistance for the U.S. Catholic Conference’s Department of Education in Washington, called the ruling “a ludicrous decision.” The suit arose over methods of complying with a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Felton vs. Aguilar, which forbade public school employees from providing remedial educa tion services on the grounds of non-public schools. Since that decision, public school districts, which usually allocate the remedial education funds, have worked with non-public educators within their districts to find “neutral sites” for non-public school students to receive the educa tional services. In most cases, vans are purchased or building space is leased to serve as the neutral site. Americans United, which is an arm of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and which supplied attorneys in the Missouri case, argued that former U.S. Archbishop Tapped For Bush Panel WASHINGTON (CNS) — New Orleans Archbishop Fran cis B. Schulte has been named to President Bush’s Educa tion Policy Advisory Committee. Archbishop Schulte is the only representative of Catholic or other private education on the 24-member panel. The archbishop told Catholic News Service Jan 5 that the appointment was “proper recognition lor Catholic education” in the United States. Catholic educators had complained throughout 1989 that the Bush ad ministration was short changing Catholic schools in attempts to achieve educational reform. Archbishop Schulte “Frankly, I shared their concern,” Archbishop Schulte said. Saying he was "very pleased’ with his selection, Archbishop Schulte added that the input of Catholic schools would be sought by the committee as a “very important aspect of American education.” He said he did not know if there was “a direct relationship between my appointment and the concerns ... expressed.” The committee has met once. A second meeting was scheduled for mid-January. Atlanta Conference of Sister Consultation and/or private retreat arrangements for women interested in religious life. Contact Sister Margarita. 686-5970 (evenings). Sister Catherine McNamee, a Sister of St. Joseph who is president of the National Catholic Educational Association, hailed Archbishop Schulte’s selection. "We’ve been lobby ing for a long time for this,” she told CNS. Archbishop Schulte was once superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, which at the time had about 175,000 students. He is chairman of the U.S. Catholic Conference’s Com mittee on Education and the USCC Committee of Bishops and Catholic College and University Presidents. In 1989, Archbishop Schulte was named by Pope John Paul II to the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education. He also is on the board of trustees for The Catholic Univer sity of America. Archbishop Schulte said he found from his experience in Philadelphia and New Orleans, whose archdiocesan school systems have a large minority enrollment, that “minority parents, especially black parents, do look to Catholic schools for quality education.” Sister McNamee said Archbishop Schulte can contribute the "success stories of Catholic education” to the commit tee. An observer to the committee’s first meeting, she said the committee discussed issues already met successfully in Catholic schools — a lower dropout rate, increased reading ability, school-based management, and maintaining a disciplined, safe environment — "as if they were brand new ideas that hadn’t been thought of before.” f Tucker Mattress Company A Tradition of Handmade Quality & Comfort Since 1917 FACTORY SAVINGS KVKKYUAY Adjustable Beds • Brass Beds • Davbed- Inner-spring Mattresses • Foam • Genuine Latex We Fit • Antiques • Boats • RVs • Campers • 3926 Lawrenceville Hwy.. Tucker. GA 3008f 938-1176 \ Education Secretary William Bennett erred in pooling remedial education funds for public and non-public school students, then authorizing public school districts to take van and leasing costs “off the top.” Duffy told Catholic News Service Jan. 5 that had school districts not allocated funds this way, “you would have no funds left for programs.” U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Stevens Jr. agreed with Americans United’s contention that more money was spent per non-public school student than per public school student because of the neutral site costs. Americans United spokesman Joseph Conn told Catholic News Service Jan. 4 that in Missouri, the only state affected by the ruling, the typical public school district spent two to three times as much on non-public school students, and as much as seven times that of public school students in some districts. “This type of aid,” Stevens said in his ruling, “is not the type of ‘indirect and incidental’ benefit that the Supreme Court has recognized as constitutional.” Stevens upheld one Missouri practice which allowed remedial education vans to be parked across the street from the property of religiously affiliated schools. Catholic educators have long complained that the per student cost of remedial services has skyrocketed since the Felton decision, and many parochial school students no longer take advantage of them because they are incon venient. To “overcome the drastic effects of the Felton decision,” Duffy said, the U.S. government has allocated $44.7 million in “capital expenses” so non-public students can receive remedial education. Duffy said he did not believe these funds to be in jeopardy as a result of the decision. Americans United attorney Lee Boothby told CNS that van purchases and building leases were “ wasteful expen ditures” and that non-public school children could be better served with home computers. Spokesman Conn suggested that computers at parochial schools hooked up to a mainframe at a public school would be an acceptable solution. 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