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Parent urges clearer rubric for religious opt‑outs after Mahmood v. Taylor; raises records and policy concerns
Summary
A Riverside parent urged the board Nov. 6 to adopt a clear rubric for evaluating religious opt‑out requests after Mahmood v. Taylor, and said she had not received a response to a form she submitted weeks earlier.
A Riverside parent told the school board Thursday she is concerned about how the district will handle religious opt‑outs in instruction after the Mahmood v. Taylor ruling and urged the board to develop a clear, objective rubric for evaluating requests.
"I feel like there needs to be some at some point, develop some type of rubric for us to weigh the criteria," Sande Yer told the board, referencing comments by trustees and asking who would be responsible for verifying a family's religious knowledge if a parent requests an opt‑out. Yer said she…
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