ADN.COM is reporting that Group files lawsuit over Christian college funding

By MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press Writer

Published: April 26th, 2005
Last Modified: April 26th, 2005 at 06:00 PM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A group advocating for the separation of church and state filed a lawsuit against the federal Department of Education over taxpayer money going to Alaska Christian College.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation says that the relatively new, unaccredited school in Soldotna has only 37 students but has received more than $1 million in federal money in the past two years.

The college is affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church of Alaska. More than 90 percent of its student body is either Alaska Native or American Indian.
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