GREENCASTLE, Ind.  An Indiana court ruled that DePauw University did not properly follow its faculty handbook when it suspended the teaching duties of a part-time instructor after she distributed religious materials in her classroom.
According to the United Methodist News Service, the United Methodist school must pay Janis Price $10,401 in damages. The amount equals her lost wages as an instructor for a year. Price remains an administrator in the school's education department.
She was a part-time instructor until July 2001. The university suspended her after a student complained that issues of the Teachers in Focus magazine were being made available in the classroom. The magazine, published by Focus on the Family, featured an article advising teachers how to deal with homosexuality in the public schools.
The university is expected to appeal the ruling.
