Although evolution isn't anit-religion, I would have to disagree that Private schools don't have to folow the same regulations. At STA all students have to take the Kansas Asessment as Juniors in order to certify that the education recieved is adequate according to the standards of both the state and federal GOVERNMENT.
Otherwise, a high school diploma recieved from a private institution would be worthless outside of the private institution, The same goes for home-schooled students. Although they are being home-schooled, there are still tests the kids must pass in order to verify they are recieving a proper education. If that weren't the case we could be learning the proper techniques of spitting a spitball at Aquinas and have the same diploma paper as anywhere else, and no one would know any better.
I hope that makes sense.
Yes, they have to be accredited by the state to have validity. But to say that the only regulations the state are state testing isn't true. Besides Lemon vs. Kurtzman said the state or federal gvnt. cannot help finance parochial or otherwise religiously connected schools. It's worthless to argue something that's impossible for a school to obtain.
