“…In the first alternative, religious teachers or advisors would be trained or accredited by the respective religious organizations. According to Cunha (2014), that language ("with no onus to the State budget") did not last long, as, in the ceremony in which the bill was signed into law, president Fernando Henrique Cardoso himself suggested that the prohibition against paying religious education teachers be 3 "This lobby took place beginning with the National Constituent Assembly period, when organizations such as the Curitiba Interfaith Education Association (ASSINTEC, in Portuguese), from Paraná, the Council of Churches for Religious Education (CIER, in Portuguese), from Santa Catarina, the Pastoral Institute of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso (IRPAMAT, in Portuguese) and the CNBB Education Sector, especially the National Reflection Group on Religious Education (GRERE) took over negotiations, legitimated by state coordinators of religious education from states where it was already regulated" (Dickie;Lui, 2007:239). Later, the National Council of Christian Churches (CONIC, in Portuguese) joined this group.…”