School district discriminates against religious students with extracurricular ban: lawsuit
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Parochial school parents in Pennsylvania are suing the State College Area School District after their kids were allegedly barred from participating in district activities.
The complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, alleges that SCASD and its board violated the free exercise clause of the First Amendment and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by barring students at religious schools from activities at public schools. Jon Brown is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to jon.brown@fox.com.
The lawsuit seeks a court order to allow students at parochial schools to participate in such activities.
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