People for Legal and Non-Sectarian Schools (
PLANS) is an organization based in
California in the
United States which campaigns against the public funding of
Waldorf methods
charter schools alleging they violate the
United States Constitution's separation of church and state. The group claims independent Waldorf schools and public Waldorf methods charter schools teach
anthroposophical content, that this content is religious in nature, and that the schools disguise the anthroposophical content from the public. PLANS filed federal suit in 1998 against two California public school districts, Sacramento City Unified School District and Twin Ridges Elementary School District, to halt the Waldorf methods educational programs implemented in two of their schools. The case was ultimately dismissed on its merits in 2012.