parochial school
noun
: a private school maintained by a religious body usually for elementary and secondary instruction
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The cost has exceeded estimates, approaching $1 billion, with most of it going to the parochial schools that dominate the state’s private school landscape.
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 July 2024
The vouchers would entitle families to use public funds traditionally used for public schools toward private and parochial schools.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
Facing an influx of Irish Catholic immigrants, politicians tried to amend the U.S. Constitution to prohibit direct aid from the government to Catholic parochial schools that were created as an alternative to the then-explicitly Protestant public schools.
—Grazie Pozo Christie, National Review, 17 June 2024
In West Virginia, Republican Gov. Jim Justice vetoed legislation that would have allowed full-time virtual public school students, along with private and parochial schools, to avoid mandatory vaccine requirements.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 July 2024
The vouchers would entitle families to use public funds traditionally used for public schools toward private and parochial schools.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
Facing an influx of Irish Catholic immigrants, politicians tried to amend the U.S. Constitution to prohibit direct aid from the government to Catholic parochial schools that were created as an alternative to the then-explicitly Protestant public schools.
—Grazie Pozo Christie, National Review, 17 June 2024
In West Virginia, Republican Gov. Jim Justice vetoed legislation that would have allowed full-time virtual public school students, along with private and parochial schools, to avoid mandatory vaccine requirements.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
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“Parochial school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parochial%20school. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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