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Wallingford updates exemption policy after Supreme Court ruling; board clarifies opt-out process and alternative assignments
Summary
Following Mahmoud v. Taylor, the district will let administrators consider parental requests to excuse students from instruction outside the five statutory areas when parents claim a burden on religious upbringing; the committee discussed notification, PowerSchool forms, annual opt-outs, and what counts as an alternative assignment.
District staff presented revisions to the instructional exemption policy designed to align with a recent Supreme Court decision, Mahmoud v. Taylor. The presenter said the court’s ruling requires local school officials to consider requests for excusal from instruction when parents claim that particular instruction burdens their children’s religious upbringing. "While the court's holding is narrow in…
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