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Our public schools should be places where every student feels welcome regardless of their religious or nonreligious beliefs. New laws aimed at replacing school counselors with unlicensed religious chaplains, forcing public schools to post the 10 commandments, placing the Bible as part of standard learning requirements are all part of a Christian nationalist assault on our schools.

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We believe in public funds for public schools

Ensuring that every child receives a quality education is a top priority across the country. But instead of investing in high quality public schools, state and local governments are increasingly embracing funding programs that redirect taxpayer dollars away from public schools and toward private, often religious, alternatives. Interfaith Alliance works to keep public money in public schools through the National Coalition for Public Education.

Tell AZ Legislature: Protect Religious Freedom

Tell AZ Legislature: Protect Religious Freedom

Tell Your Representative: Vote NO on legislation that harms religious freedom in our public schools. And tell Governor Hobbs: VETO SB 1269 if it reaches your desk.

Tell TN Legislature: Protect Religious Freedom

Tell TN Legislature: Protect Religious Freedom

Tell Your Members of the Tennessee Legislature: Protect Religious Freedom for Our Students and Families by Voting NO on HB1250 and SB1041.

Tell Ohio Legislature: Remove Ten Commandments from SB 34

Tell Ohio Legislature: Remove Ten Commandments from SB 34

Tell your Members of the Ohio Legislature: Vote NO on legislation that harms religious freedom in our public schools.

Tell Trump to End the Attacks on the Department of Education

Tell Trump to End the Attacks on the Department of Education

Sign on to tell the Trump Administration to end its attacks on the Department of Education and the fundamental rights of our students.

Tell Congress: Oppose national voucher bill

Tell Congress: Oppose national voucher bill

Tell Your Member of Congress to oppose the ECCA. Let them know this bill will harm public education and promote religious control over taxpayer funds.
Don't put ten commandments up in our state's classrooms

Don't put ten commandments up in our state's classrooms

We need religious freedom advocates to contact their state legislators today and urge them to keep the government OUT of religious education.
Stand up to government-sponsored school prayer

Stand up to government-sponsored school prayer

We know that true religious freedom means there is zero role for the government in telling us where, when or how we should pray. Government-enforced school prayer actually denigrates religion and takes power away from parents to make their own choices around the religious practices of their children. It's an unconstitutional recipe for discrimination. We can't let that happen.
Don’t bring public school chaplains to my state

Don’t bring public school chaplains to my state

The Texas Legislature recently passed a troubling new law that allows school boards to create public school chaplain programs. We know that this legislative effort won’t be limited to Texas. Join Interfaith Alliance and the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in organizing NOW before it spreads to more states. Add your name to the petition.
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Education resources 

Education resources 

We co-chair the national Coalition for Religious Freedom in Public Schools with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Sikh Coalition. In partnership with the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, we have led the faith-based opposition to a growing effort to replace school counselors with religious chaplains.

If you’re interested in learning more about our education advocacy, please contact Tranée McDonald at tmcdonald@interfaithalliance.org.

We co-chair the national Coalition for Religious Freedom in Public Schools with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Sikh Coalition. In partnership with the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, we have led the faith-based opposition to a growing effort to replace school counselors with religious chaplains.

If you’re interested in learning more about our education advocacy, please contact Tranée McDonald at tmcdonald@interfaithalliance.org.

Toolkit for Opposing Chaplains in Public Schools
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Friend-of-the-court brief in 10 Commandments mandate case in Louisiana
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170 Texas Chaplains Urge State School Boards to Keep Chaplains Out of Public Schools
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A Crucial Test for Church-State Separation: St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond
Analysis
March 19, 2025

A Crucial Test for Church-State Separation: St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond

In April 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the consolidated cases of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond and Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond which could redefine the boundary between religion and government in public education.

Alabama Faith Leaders Oppose Ten Commandments, School Prayer Bills
Analysis
March 6, 2025

Alabama Faith Leaders Oppose Ten Commandments, School Prayer Bills

Two alarming pieces of legislation in Alabama would infringe upon the religious freedom rights of students and families. That’s why the Interfaith Alliance of Central Alabama and other faith leaders in the state are pushing back in defense of church-state separation.

Tracking Trump's executive orders: Vouchers
Analysis
January 29, 2025

Tracking Trump's executive orders: Vouchers

Our public education system is the only one which guarantees religious freedom protections to all students, since faith-based and other sectarian private schools are exempt from some nondiscrimination requirements.

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