Scripps Howard News Service

University of California officials say some lessons in Christian school textbooks don't meet their admissions standards. Their belief has led to a lawsuit that pits the public university system against six students of a Christian school who say their religious views hurt their chances of being accepted for enrollment by the university system. The lawsuit highlights a growing nationwide clash over what, and how, high school students should learn before college. The suit centers on three classes – one literature and two history – offered at the Murrieta school that university officials have refused to certify for admissions credit, identifying them and the textbooks they use as biased or contradictory to knowledge "generally accepted" in the collegiate community. University officials argue that they have a right to set admissions standards to ensure that students are ready for college and say they consistently reject courses from both public and private schools for not meeting those benchmarks." Robert Tyler, one of Calvary Chapel Christian School's attorneys, countered by saying, “There is a trend in higher education to eliminate God from everything.”