605.03 - Teaching About Religion
605.03 - Teaching About ReligionThe school district is required to keep the practice of religion out of the school curriculum. The board recognizes the key role religion has played in the history of the world and authorizes the study of religious history and traditions as part of the curriculum. Preferential or derogatory treatment of a single religion will not take place.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent to ensure the study of religion in the schools in keeping with the following guidelines:
- the proposed activity must have a secular purpose;
- the primary objective of the activity must not be one that advances or inhibits religion; and
- the activity must not foster excessive governmental entanglement with religion.
(October 21, 2019)
605.03 R1 - Religious Based Exclusion from Instructional Program
605.03 R1 - Religious Based Exclusion from Instructional ProgramThe board recognizes the existence of various religious beliefs and acknowledges the American tradition of separation of church and state. Parents who wish to have their child excluded from a school program because of religious beliefs must inform the principal. The principal shall determine an alternative activity or study for the students.
(April 17, 1989; July 7, 2003: January 17, 2011; July 9, 2012; January 19, 2015; October 21, 2019)