nonsectarian

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Attorneys for the California Department of Education wrote in court papers that the nonsectarian requirement was necessary because without it, local district officials would wield significant power to direct students to their favored religious institutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

Initially women-driven, the nonsectarian center took root in Catholicism long before 1924.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Maine had only allowed nonsectarian schools as part of the program.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Charter schools are publicly funded but privately managed, including by religious organizations that deliver nonsectarian instruction during the day but provide religious after-school programs.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

He put into practice the nonsectarian principle, made the college coeducational, and developed the spirit of individual freedom as one of cardinal importance in education.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis