The decision could undermine the federal government’s recent decision to allocate $245.3 million to continue running the chaplaincy program for another five years. That funding was intended specifically for schools to hire faith-based chaplains rather than social workers.
Under the program, 3700 schools are eligible for up to $72,000 funding to employ chaplains.
In a unanimous decision, six judges on the High Court held that the federal government’s agreement to fund the Scripture Union of Queensland to provide chaplaincy services to Queensland schools was unlawful.
– Jane Lee and Matthew Knott
via Father wins High Court challenge on federal funding of school chaplains program.
My response is. What about other programs that are run in school such as Yoga and meditatation classes, “some” of which I believe have a have a background possibly in Hinduism/Budism. Should we get rid of those as well, because they have a religious connotation to them as well, and are imparting non secular beliefs on our children?