The rule is could be expelled. There is no reason to think that a
kid would be expelled only for missing 8 or 10 classes. It seems to me
that sending a notice is proper and may even be required and that
discretion in enforcement is proper as well. So, how could this rule
NOT stand --
Smith was wrongly decided and religious belief and practices
inadequately protected. Let me be clear about my position on that.
But even under strict scrutiny the courts necessarily engage in
balancing and judgment and defer in some instances to the legislature.
That is my point which I may
But
are the rules neutral? Public schools typically accommodate majoritarian
religious holidays and holy days both Christian and Jewish (leaving
aside certain Christian sects, as in the case under discussion and leaving
aside, perhaps, some Jewish sects) but do not accommodate many, if
In a message dated 11/24/2004 11:18:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But are the rules neutral?
In fact, does the focus have to be on how majoritarian religions are accommodated by the force of calendar and tradition? If the policy says students "may" be expelled rather
Huh?
On Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at 11:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/24/2004 11:18:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But are the rules neutral?
In fact, does the focus have to be on how majoritarian religions are accommodated by the force of
Maybe you do what the Indiana schools seem to have tried to do, perhaps
unsuccessfully, and what my law school gives law students, a certain number
of excused absences. They use them however they want. After that, the
school examines additional requests for excused absences extremely
I agree with Doug here; NYC used to (may still) close for Jewish high holidays
because there were not enough teachers in the classrooms. A practical solution;
but the hard problem is when students want to take many many days off from
school for holidays. I would oppose a strict number of days
I haven't seen anyone say that students ought not be accommodated for some limited number of religious holy days. So I think there is general agreement on that part of it. And I think that getting school boards to recognize holidays as excused absences makes a lot of sense. It seems that any
