Court Halts Minnesota’s Attempt To Ban Christian Colleges From Offering Free Credits To Religious Hi

[Kamaji]

Court Halts Minnesota’s Attempt To Ban Christian Colleges From Offering Free Credits To Religious High Schoolers

BY: SAMUEL BOEHLKE
JUNE 16, 2023

Christian colleges in Minnesota will be allowed to keep offering college credits to high school students — for now. On Wednesday, the Minnesota District Court issued an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of an amendment that greenlights discrimination against religious students.

Under Minnesota’s 1985 Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program, capable students can earn free college credits at local institutions of higher education while they are still in high school. Thousands of students have benefited from the program, and other states around the country have since adopted it.

An amendment passed during the 2023 legislative session, however, removed religious colleges from the program by prohibiting these postsecondary schools from requiring a statement of faith from students. “An eligible institution must not require a faith statement from a secondary student seeking to enroll in a postsecondary course under this section during the application process or base any part of the admission decision on a student’s … religious beliefs or affiliations,” the amendment states.

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Source:  https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/16/court-halts-minnesotas-attempt-to-ban-christian-colleges-from-offering-free-credits-to-religious-high-schoolers/

[PeteS in CA]

Had the amendment simply excluded paying for classes whose subjects were entirely/mostly religious - assuming the existing law didn't already do that - this amendment to the 1985 law might have passed constitutional muster. But the Dem-dominated legislature and Goobernor Walz went Full Blaine Amendment.

[sneakypete]

An amendment passed during the 2023 legislative session, however, removed religious colleges from the program by prohibiting these postsecondary schools from requiring a statement of faith from students. “An eligible institution must not require a faith statement from a secondary student seeking to enroll in a postsecondary course under this section during the application process or base any part of the admission decision on a student’s … religious beliefs or affiliations,” the amendment states.

@Kamaji

And a BIG "AMEN!" to that one!

It's called "Equal treatment under the law".