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LOOKING FOR AN
ASSISTED LIVING?
Constitutional
Quandary
National group shows
no flexibility on a thorny school funding
issue — at least not this year.
plexity of the issue, said David Gad-
Had, JCCouncil's executive director.
. "When you look at the votes on
he organization represent-
this particular issue, it was primarily
ing the country's major
many of the national Jewish organi-
. Jewish agencies and corn-
zations that voted to delete the lan-
guage we favored," he said. "It was
munity councils came out
firmly against any form of govern-
primarily local Jewish communities
ment aid to private schools last
that voted to retain the language."
week.
The Detroit-area Council, like
In doing so, delegates tossed out a
others throughout the United States,
Detroit-formulated
supports Jewish day-
amendment passed by
school education and
the same body only two
believes such schools
years ago ;
are entitled to all the
At its annual confer-
services, such as with-
ence in February 1998,
in-district busing, sup-
the Jewish Council for
plied to other non-
Public Affairs (JCPA),
public schools. The
which represents 122
national groups tend
community councils and
to be "more ideological
Is there a
13 national agencies,
and less pragmatic," he
compromise between
modified its previously
said.
providing
full publk
passed statement of "vig-
The Detroit-area
funding for private
orous opposition to the
board had spent the
schools and helping
use of public funds to
better part of a year
parochial/private
support private sectarian
developing the amend-
schools with
schools."
ment before presenting
non-sectarian
Using language devel-
it in 1998. Their goal
teaching aids?
oped by the board of
had been to retain a
directors of the Jewish
firm opposition to the
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the 1998 conference had
ing for the "everyday
added the words "except
realities" faced by day
in those instances where
schools.
the public funds are used for desig-
This year, all 12
nated extant court-approved non-
members of the Detroit-area delega-
sectarian benefits."
tion voted to retain the amendment.
In Michigan, those existing bene-
Despite the JCPA resolution, the
fits include transportation within
Detroit-area Council will continue
the district and certain special edu-
to help Jewish day schools obtain all
cation services.
aid currently provided to other pri-
vate schools, Gad-Harf said.
At this year's conference, 318 of
the 577 delegates voting chose to
However, he emphasized, the
organization strongly opposes any
scrap the amendment. The margin
of only 55 percent shows the corn-
use of vouchers that would allow
parents
to directly apply state funds
Diana Lieberman can be reached at
to
private
education, and Council is
(248) 354-6060, ext. 247, or by e-mail
currently
coordinating
the Jewish
at dlieberm@thejewishnews.com
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