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  1. The formal teaching of religion in schools.
  2. In voluntary-aided church schools in the UK,
  3. religious education (RE) syllabuses are
  4. permitted to follow the specific teachings of
  5. the church concerned; in other state schools,
  6. the syllabus is agreed between
  7. representatives of the local churches and the
  8. education authority. Until the introduction
  9. of the national curriculum 1990, RE was the
  10. only compulsory subject. The law allows
  11. parents to withdraw their children from RE on
  12. conscientious grounds. In the USA, religious
  13. education within the doctrines of a
  14. particular church is prohibited in public
  15. (state-maintained) schools because of the
  16. separation of church and state guaranteed
  17. under the first amendment to the
  18. constitution; however, the study of
  19. comparative religion is permitted. In the
  20. USA, religious education is prohibited in
  21. public (state-maintained) schools because of
  22. the separation of church and state guaranteed
  23. under the First Amendment to the
  24. Constitution; however, the study of
  25. comparative religion is permitted, since it
  26. is theoretical and secular information, not
  27. sacred matter. Private parochial schools
  28. offer both state-approved courses and
  29. religious instruction.
  30.