In ______________, the Supreme Court upheld a New York statute requiring local public school districts to lend textbooks on secular subjects to students in private and parochial schools based on the child benefit theory.

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This case specifically dealt with the issue of whether a New York statute requiring local public school districts to lend textbooks on secular subjects to students in private and parochial schools violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Supreme Court upheld the statute, reasoning that the books were loaned to the students and not the schools, and therefore did not constitute an impermissible government establishment of religion. The Court also applied the child benefit theory, which holds that aid to religious institutions is constitutional if it is based on a secular purpose and provides a benefit to the children rather than the religious institution itself.

In ______________, the Supreme Court Upheld a New York Statute