CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT v.ALL PERSONS INTERESTED Part II
To determine that bond funding arrangement between public entity and religiously affiliated schools is valid under state constitution's bar on government support of "sectarian" purposes or institutions, court must find that recipient school offers a broad curriculum in secular subjects and that school's secular classes consist of information and coursework that is neutral with respect to religion. Whether school is pervasively sectarian is not a controlling factor. Public bond program satisfying state constitution would not violate the establishment clause of First Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
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