Ohio to Finance Bus Transportation for Pupils of Religious Schools

The Ohio State Legislature has passed a so-called “Fair Bus” bill which provides for state financing of bus transportation for pupils at private and parochial schools, which has been opposed by many Jewish and Protestant groups on the grounds that it violates the principle of church-state separation.

A statewide Committee of Ohioans Against the Bus Bill includes among its members Rabbi Murray Blackman, of the Jewish Community Relations Council of this city; and Harold Goldstein, of the Ohio Conference of Jewish Community Relations Committees. The Ohio branch of the American Civil Liberties Union announced this weekend it will challenge the new measure in the courts, not merely as a “friend of the court” but as direct plaintiff.