Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates March 2004 No. 3 Vol. 7
Joshua Davey

State Funding of Divinity Studies

The Free Exercise Clause and College Scholarships

Joshua Davey

Respondent

Jay Alan Sekulow, Counsel of RecordIn 1999, Joshua Davey — then a high school student in Washington State — applied for a State-sponsored Promise Scholarship, which he later was awarded based on his position in the top 10 percent of his high school graduating class and his financial need. Davey chose to attend Northwest College, an evangelical Christian school in Kirkland, Washington. When Davey decided on a major in divinity studies at the start of his freshman year, the school’s office of financial aid informed him that, due to a State policy based on provisions of the Washington Constitution and…

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