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Panel discusses separation of church and state in education

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By Phillip Lentsch —

The Kentucky legislature’s introduction of two new education bills has prompted lawyers and administrators to discuss the implications that vouchers and biblical literacy classes have on the state public school system.

In a March 29 panel, members shared their perspectives on issues that have pervaded the Kentucky school system in a religious context, such as voucher programs that subsidize some private school students’ tuition, sexual education classes and the recent statewide abstinence education bill.