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crazyfingers · 07-21-2002, 02:50 PM

<a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/202/nation/Religious_groups_prodded_on_grants+.shtml" target="_blank">Religious groups prodded on grants</a>

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The department has gone beyond outreach efforts and adopted a ''novice applicant'' rule, which allows Education Secretary Rod Paige to give bonus points to inexperienced bidders when they apply for federal contracts. People familiar with government grant-making say the regulation is unprecedented and could give new bidders a significant advantage in funding competitions.

''This is extraordinary,'' said Dan Katz, legislative director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, an advocacy group. ''Beyond going out and holding recruitment conferences for religious groups, they are engaging in affirmative action.

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