Receipt of section 501(c)(3) recognition of charitable exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service does not constitute “federal financial assistance” that subjects a private religious school to the anti-discrimination provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. In a case that drew amicus briefs on behalf of more than 15 independent and religious school groups, the Court has ruled that receipt of 501(c)(3) status does not constitute federal financial assistance as contemplated by the law. A mother with a student at Concordia Preparatory School in Maryland sued the School, alleging that her daughter was sexually harassed,...