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Related: About this forumSchools need a religious partner if they want any of Gov. Kasich's student mentorship money
By Patrick O'Donnell, The Plain Dealer
on December 12, 2014 at 12:43 PM, updated December 13, 2014 at 7:46 AM
Gov. John Kasich signs house Bill 483 this June at a ceremonial signing at Anton Grdina elementary school in Cleveland. That bill created Community Connectors, the student mentoring program that now has a requirement for religious partners. (Patrick O'Donnell/The Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio Gov. John Kasich's $10 million plan to bring mentors into Ohio's schools for students now has a surprise religious requirement one that goes beyond what is spelled out in the legislation authorizing it.
Any school district that wants a piece of that state money must partner with both a church and a business or a faith-based organization and a non-profit set up by a business to do community service.
No business and no faith-based partner means no state dollars.
"You must include a faith-based partner," United Way of Greater Cleveland President Bill Kitson, told potential applicants at an information session the United Way hosted Thursday here in Cleveland.
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/schools_need_a_religious_partn.html
peace13
(11,076 posts)They didn't specify what faith. This could be fun.
While this disgusts me it does not surprise me. A homeless hungry person in Ohio is going to have some string attached to that peanut butter sandwich! No free meal without Jesus.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Sue them and sue them hard.
rug
(82,333 posts)I expect the ACLU is already drafting its pleadings.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Blind? Stupid? What?
This is the first I've heard of it.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)cons hate the constitution?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,607 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,607 posts)if they partnered with a business and a school? Or maybe the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster should take a shot at it.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)this type of legislation.
It seems to completely slip their minds that faith based groups might include, er, other faiths.