Cert Filed In Americorps Religious Funding Case

The American Jewish Congress announced today that it has filed a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court asking it to review the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals March 2005 decision in American Jewish Congress v. Corporation for National and Community Service. At issue is whether the Corporation for National and Community Service which administers federal Americorps programs may provide education awards to teachers who teach religion as well as secular subjects in religious schools, and whether it may make grants to the religious organizations that oversee those teachers. AJC contends that this violates the Establishment Clause.