The devil is at work in these last days. It is evidence that Jesus is coming soon!
Everyone likes money. It is the root of all evil. California will allow Religious colleges to participate in the state bond funding program. It gives a lower interest rate on borrowed money for school construction projects. But, this does not come without strings in California, one of the most immoral of states. Attorneys will argue anything. The more they argue, the more money they make. So, it is better to go to the law rather than have an attorney tell you what the law says.
Here is the bottom line on what the state will require of the church's school if they take the bait (the bond money). This comes from the State of California in a new bill proposal explaining the current law. This is what they say is "the test".
"Do the schools' secular classes consist of information and coursework that is neutral with respect to religion?" State of California, State Committee on EducationHere is the court's ruling in 2007 on the matter:
"As explained below, in resolving a state constitutional issue we conclude that the pertinent inquiry should center on the substance of the education provided by these three school, not on their religious character. Therefore, whether the schools are pervasively sectarian (as the parties have assumed) is not a controlling factor in determining the validity of the bond funding program under our state constitution. Rather, the program's validity turns on two questions: 1) Does each of the recipient schools offer a broad curriculum and secular subjects? 2) Do the school's secular classes consist of information and coursework that is neutral with respect to religion? This test insures that the state's interest in promoting the intellectual improvement of its residents is advanced through the teaching of secular information and coursework, and that the expression of a religious viewpoint in otherwise secular classes will provide a benefit to religion that is merely incidental to the bond programs primary purpose of promoting secular education.
Finally, we conclude that a public bond program satisfying our state constitution would not violate the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Federal constitution.
" California Supreme Court DecisionIf a church school wishes to establish their education on the Bible, not on the world's view of what is called "higher education" then how can we call the curriculum "neutral"? We cannot. If the school is patterned after the schools in the world and not after the Bible, then the State of California will be happy to allow the school to participate in the bond funding program.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has specific guidelines for how its schools are to operate. It is true that some may have strayed, but the guidelines are very clear that our schools are not to be "neutral" in what is presented. The Bible is to be the foundation for all that is taught in our schools. That includes science classes. True science is in perfect harmony with the Bible.