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Springfield Township committee backs allowing 18-year-olds to opt out of instruction while limiting 'moral' exemptions
Summary
The policy committee advanced revisions to policy 105.2 to explicitly let students aged 18 and older opt out of instruction that conflicts with religious beliefs; members recommended excluding broad 'moral' grounds and clarified dissection exemptions, IEP handling and notification timing.
The Springfield Township School District policy committee on Dec. 10 reviewed changes to policy 105.2 on exemptions from instruction and signaled support for letting students aged 18 and older request opt-outs without parental agreement in cases tied to religious beliefs.
Administrators told the committee that recent court actions had given students who are 18 and older the same opt-out rights as their parents and proposed updating the policy language accordingly. "The new policy includes the option for students 18 and older to do the same for themselves," the superintendent said.
Committee members debated whether to broaden…
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