By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-16 08:08:50 | Updated at 2024-11-16 10:59:36
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Federal appeals court rules Education Department wrongly denied Christian school’s nonprofit status
Washington Times ^ | 11 Nov 2024 | Sean Salai
Posted on 11/16/2024 12:02:55 AM PST by blueplum
A federal appeals court has ruled the Department of Education improperly rejected Grand Canyon University’s switch from for-profit to nonprofit status, granting a key point in the Christian school’s appeal of a record fine.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision Friday. It overturned a 2022 summary judgment by a lower court because the department failed to apply a relevant federal law to the Phoenix campus.
The Education Department denied the nonprofit status in 2019, arguing it would enrich the for-profit company that previously owned GCU, even though the IRS and state officials had already recognized the change....
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2019; 9thcircuit; christiancolleges; circuitcourts; ed; grandcanyonu; nonprofits
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more winning
1 posted on 11/16/2024 12:02:55 AM PST by blueplum
To: blueplum
> more winning <
I mentioned it on another thread. And because this is such good news, I’ll mention it here as well. By some estimates, Trump 2.0 will appoint around 100 new federal judges. So this winning is just a start.
2 posted on 11/16/2024 12:06:16 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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