The Nampa Classical Academy has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court following the 9th Circuit's decision allowing Idaho's rejection of their Bible-based curriculum. Nampa's proposal was denied by the state's Charter School Commission due to a ban on using religious texts and documents in support of the separation of church and state. Nampa advocates argue in their petition (pdf) that the Establishment Clause does not require such a stance.
[M]any circuits recognize, as has this Court, the pivotal role that religion—including the Bible—plays in producing well-educated students.
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[I]n any other circuit, the Academy’s incorporation of religious materials into objective secular courses on history, art, music, literature, and comparative religion would satisfy Establishment Clause concerns. Only in the Ninth Circuit do they meet a different end.
(Link via Religion Clause.) Stay tuned.
