Showing posts with label Religious schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious schools. Show all posts
Thursday, July 10, 2025

6th Circuit: Ministerial Exception Requires Dismissal of Employment Discrimination Suit by Christian School's Principal

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In Pulsifer v. Westshore Christian Academy , (6th Cir., July 9, 2025), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the ministerial excep...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

California Agrees to Consent Decree Allowing Sectarian Schools to Participate In IDEA

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 As previously reported , last October the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a California federal district court's dismissal of...
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Executive Order Encourages School Choice

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Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order ( full text ) titled Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families.  The E...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Brooklyn Yeshivahs File Title VI Complaint with U.S. Department of Education

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Four Orthodox Jewish yeshivah elementary schools in Brooklyn, New York, have filed a complaint ( full text ) with the U.S. Department of Edu...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

9th Circuit: California IDEA Rules Violate Free Exercise Clause

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In Loffman v, California Department of Education , (9th Cir., Oct. 28, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a California fe...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

President Apologizes for Indian Boarding School Policies; Over Half of Schools Had Religious Affiliations

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Yesterday, President Biden speaking at Gila Crossing Community School in Laveen Village, Arizona, issued a formal apology on behalf of the U...
Friday, March 29, 2024

West Virginia Governor Vetoes Vaccine Mandate Opt-Out for Parochial Schools

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On Wednesday, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice vetoed House Bill 5105 which would have allowed private and parochial schools to opt out o...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Negligence Claims Against Religious Boarding School Barred by Establishment Clause

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In Drew v. Householder , (WD MO, Dec. 19, 2023), plaintiff sued Circle of Hope Boarding School, a fundamentalist Baptist school for girls, a...
Thursday, December 07, 2023

Exclusion of Parochial School Students from District's Extracurricular Activities Violates Free Exercise

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In  Religious Rights Foundation of PA v. State College Area School District ,  (MD PA, Dec. 1, 2023), a Pennsylvania federal district court ...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Christian School Sues Vermont Challenging Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Rules

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Vermont federal district court by a Christian school seeking to participate in the state's Town Tuitioning...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

6th Circuit: Kentucky Governor Had Qualified Immunity For Covid School-Closing Order

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 In Pleasant View Baptist Church v. Beshear , (6th Cir., Aug. 14, 2023), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Kentucky Governor A...
Tuesday, August 01, 2023

Suit Challenges Oklahoma's Approval of Catholic Charter School

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Oklahoma state trial court challenging the decision of the state's Virtual Charter School Board to approv...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Parochial School Students Sue For Equal Access to District Extracurricular Activities

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Suit was filed last week in a Pennsylvania federal district court on behalf of two parochial school students and their parents challenging a...
Thursday, June 22, 2023

Christian Pre-School Challenges Exclusion from Colorado State Aid Program

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Suit was filed this week in a Colorado federal district court challenging requirements that Colorado has imposed on pre-schools in order for...
Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Oklahoma Approves U.S.'s First Publicly Funded Religious Charter School

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 Politico  and the Tulsa World report that yesterday the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board by a vote of 3-2 approved the appli...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Christain School Sues Over "Poison Pill" Provisions That Exclude It from Maine's Tuition Payment Program

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Suit was filed this week in a Maine federal district court by a Christian school challenging 2021 amendments to Maine's Human Rights Act...
Monday, March 27, 2023

Yeshivas Win Partial Victory In Challenge To New York's Substantial Equivalency Rules

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In In re Parents for Educational and Religious Liberty in Schools v. Young ,  (Albany County Sup.  Ct., March 23, 2023), a New York state tr...
Thursday, February 09, 2023

Ministerial Exception Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Jewish Teacher's Defamation Suit

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In Hyman v. Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey ,  (NJ Super., Feb. 8, 2023), a New Jersey state appellate court held that the ministerial exc...
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Supreme Court Review Sought in Ministerial Exception Case

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 A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court last week in Faith Bible Chapel International v. Tucker,  ( c...
Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Australia Proposes New Antidiscrimination Requirements For Religious Educational Institutions

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On January 27, the Australian Law Reform Commission released a 54-page Consultation Paper on  Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Di...