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08-12-2005, 07:29 PM
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/aug/12/081210392.html
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - A fifth-grade teacher who sued a school district for restricting his use of historical documents with religious references has settled the lawsuit, ending a case that was thrust into the national debate on religion in education.
Stephen Williams, who teaches at Cupertino's Stevens Creek Elementary School, had filed suit last year against Principal Patricia Vidmar and the superintendent and school board of Cupertino Union School District for illegally banning the use of supplemental teaching materials about Christianity.
Under the settlement, filed in federal court in San Jose on Thursday, no money will exchange hands and no school policies will be altered. The parties agreed not to file future claims based on the complaint.
The settlement restates the district's existing policy that teachers can use instructional material containing religious content but only if it is "objective, age appropriate, and in compliance with curriculum."
Read more (http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/aug/12/081210392.html)
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - A fifth-grade teacher who sued a school district for restricting his use of historical documents with religious references has settled the lawsuit, ending a case that was thrust into the national debate on religion in education.
Stephen Williams, who teaches at Cupertino's Stevens Creek Elementary School, had filed suit last year against Principal Patricia Vidmar and the superintendent and school board of Cupertino Union School District for illegally banning the use of supplemental teaching materials about Christianity.
Under the settlement, filed in federal court in San Jose on Thursday, no money will exchange hands and no school policies will be altered. The parties agreed not to file future claims based on the complaint.
The settlement restates the district's existing policy that teachers can use instructional material containing religious content but only if it is "objective, age appropriate, and in compliance with curriculum."
Read more (http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/aug/12/081210392.html)