{"id":12861,"date":"2013-08-13T10:46:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=12861"},"modified":"2025-08-17T13:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:51:54","slug":"after-controversy-california-school-yoga-program-gets-1-4m-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/after-controversy-california-school-yoga-program-gets-1-4m-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"After Controversy, &#8220;California school yoga program gets $1.4m grant&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Associated Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>El Paso Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ENCINITAS, Calif.\u2014<\/strong>A Southern California school district has accepted a $1.4 million grant to expand a student <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/yoga.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yoga <\/a>program that sparked religious complaints and a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Trustees of the Encinitas Union School District voted Wednesday to accept the grant from the Sonima Foundation to expand teaching at its nine campuses. . . .<\/p>\n<p>The new grant will provide funding to increase the number of teachers from 10 to 18, including professional development instructors who will train teachers in the physical activity and character development parts of the curriculum, district Superintendent Tim Baird said. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140819024419\/http:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/formretail\/ci_23775814\/california-school-yoga-program-gets-1-4m-grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Article<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to San Diego Judge OKs Yoga in Schools, Denies Religious Component\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=12082\" rel=\"bookmark\">San Diego Judge OKs Yoga in Schools, Denies Religious Component <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press El Paso Times&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,17,90],"tags":[2920,2914,1098,1174,1695,91,92,2929],"class_list":["post-12861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yoga","category-children-at-risk","category-the-role-of-meditation","tag-politics","tag-children-at-risk","tag-laws","tag-public-schools","tag-encinitas","tag-meditation","tag-schools","tag-yoga","wpcat-96-id","wpcat-17-id","wpcat-90-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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