Asheville schools religion policy gets initial approval

[rug]

Julie Ball
8:53 p.m. EST
November 3, 2014

ASHEVILLE – Members of the city school board approved on first reading Monday a new policy regarding religion in the schools.

The policy was not a reaction to any specific incident, but comes in the wake of a state law approved this summer spelling out student rights when it comes to prayer and religious activity at school, according to Cynthia Grady, chief human resources officer and legal counsel for Asheville City Schools.

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The city school policy says, “The board will neither advance nor inhibit any religion or religious belief, viewpoint, expression or practice.”

“It is also the policy of the board to support, within the framework of the United States Constitution and the North Carolina Constitution, the free, private exercise of individual religious beliefs by students and school employees,” the policy reads.

http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/11/03/asheville-schools-religion-policy-gets-initial-approval/18443039/

[upaloopa]

1. I can never understand how you can

stop someone from praying in school. Generally what religious people want is to demonstrate their religious beliefs in the face of other people such as praying as a group at games or graduation. If you want to pray to your god knock yourself out. But don't make a school function your tabernacle.

[wavesofeuphoria]

2. Are you still homeschooling, rug?

Since most homeschoolers have to go thru local school districts, sometimes these sorts of policies can affect them. The wording here however looks to just focus on schools and school employees.

[rug]

3. I never did.

While this article mentions many school district policies, including how to handle bodily fluids, it didn't mention homeschooling.