Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking the unusual step of suing a state agency, arguing that three state-funded college work-study programs unconstitutionally discriminate against religious students.
In a lawsuit filed Friday in a Travis County district court, Paxton’s office says the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board violates the First Amendment by barring work-study participants from engaging in “sectarian activities, including sectarian courses of study,” reports The Texas Tribune.
The restrictions apply to the Texas College Work-Study Program, the Working Off-Campus: Reinforcing Knowledge and Skills Internship Program, and the Innovative Adult Career Education Grant Program, which provides financially needy students access to jobs that help them pay for their education.
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