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Indiana school trustees barred from hiring sisters as teachers
A 1919 Indiana legal opinion held that public school funds cannot be used to hire Catholic sisters to teach in public schools. The trustee may not employ religious figures or permit church control over school management. Wearing religious garb during teaching was deemed a continuous religious instruction.
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Indiana
State Board of Accounts of Indiana
Sol| Ite
Preas
Jesse E. Eschbach
E. 8. Lincoln
Cameron
Sisters of Charity
Lincoln
Hagerdorn
Lincolns
Catholic Church
Anderson Township
O'Connor