Council About Parochiaid.

The Council About Parochiaid (also known as the Council of Organizations and Others for Education About Parochiaid, and the Council Against Parochiaid) is a non-profit coalition of organizations and individuals formed in 1970 with principal offices in Lansing. The Council About Parochiaid or CAP's primary activity has been to oppose the flow of public funds to private and parochial schools. As of 1978, membership in CAP included some thirty organizations and individuals. Among the former category are: the American Civil Liberties Union, the Anti-Defamation League, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, The League of Women Voters of Michigan, Michigan Alliance of Black Educators, Michigan Association of School Boards, Michigan Education Association, Michigan Federation of Teachers, and the United Methodist Church.

After the Michigan State Legislature adopted a measure permitting the flow of public funds to non-public schools in 1969, CAP planned and coordinated a statewide initiative petition and political campaign seeking passage of a constitutional amendment to prohibit public aid to non-public schools and students. The proposed amendment appeared on the 1970 ballot as Proposal C. In that year Michigan voters rejected public tax support for church-related and other non-public schools through the passage of Proposal C.

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