Advocates of separation of church and state, including most of the Jewish community of Pennsylvania, prepared today for a renewed fight on a bill pending in the State Legislature to provide state aid to non-public, parochial schools. The bill would use state tax funds to finance a special authority to “purchase” educational services from private and parochial schools. Jewish spokesmen have sharply condemned the measure as a violation of the principle of separation of church and state. The bill, which passed the House last week, faces strong opposition in the Senate. The opposition stems from differences over the best way of financing the school aid, not over the church-state question involved.
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