A U.S. court struck down a federal law that allowed public school systems to loan books and computers to parochial schools. In making the ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated the separation between church and state. The court did uphold two state laws that allow taxes to be used to pay bus drivers and special education teachers who work for church-run schools.
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