School Board Votes To End Appeals of Board Prayer Policy Decision

As previously reported, last month the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, over a number of dissenting views, denied en banc review in Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education. In the case, a 3-judge panel applied the Lemon test to strike down a California school board's prayer policy for board meetings. Now, according to the Chino Champion, on Thursday with two new board members voting, the Board voted 3-2 to end all appeals of the decision. One of the new Board members voting with the majority works as a 1st Amendment lawyer.