March 16, 2007

Ruling Favors Religious Colleges

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

The California Supreme Court ruled last week that municipal agencies can provide tax-exempt bonds to religious institutions that have a "sufficiently broad curriculum in secular subjects."

Any facilities built or improved with state bond money, however, could not be used for "theological or divinity programs or as a place of worship," the court said.

The court's 4-to-3 decision, which overturned a lower-court ruling, benefits three institutions in Southern California: Azusa

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