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Pittsburgh school board approves amendment on parental notice, 6–2 on contested provision
Summary
After discussion about potential burdens on teachers and a recent court-driven parental-notice precedent, the Pittsburgh Public Schools board approved amendments to Policy 104.2 (exemption from instruction); the board recorded a 6–2 split on the specific item (8.13).
The Pittsburgh Public Schools board voted to approve amendments to Policy 104.2, the district’s exemption-from-instruction policy, following a debate over whether new language requiring advance notice to parents could place undue burdens on teachers.
Director Yord raised concerns that the policy’s delegation-of-responsibility language — which asks staff to provide “reasonable and realistic advance notice” when instruction may conflict with families’ sincerely held beliefs — “potentially puts undue burden on our teachers,” saying it could “discourage teachers from teaching and including in the curriculum topics that may…
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