What became of the appeal of the federal court decision
that said the Corporation for National and Community Service couldn't
help fund Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education program
because the relationship violated the principal of separation
of church and state?
In March 2005 a federal appeals court overturned the original
ruling. One of the judges in the 3-0 appeals decision wrote that
the government is neither promoting religion nor creating incentives
for AmeriCorps volunteers to teach religion in the Catholic schools
in which ACE places participants.
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July 2005
