The Nation - News from Jan. 13, 1985
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The Education Department, following legislation approved by Congress last summer, has proposed a rule prohibiting school districts from spending certain federal funds on any course that a district “determines is secular humanism.” However, the proposal does not say what it means by “secular humanism,” used by some fundamentalist and conservative groups to describe the teachings of atheism and Darwinism. The prohibition is part of an act that earmarked $75 million over two years for “magnet schools” in districts undergoing desegregation.
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