Post by Logan on Jul 7, 2016 3:04:36 GMT -6
Bucking legal precedent, Lafayette School Board refuses to change policy requiring students to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance
Lafayette Parish public school students will still be required to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance after the School Board declined Wednesday to align its pledge policy with court decisions that protect student speech.
The Lafayette Parish School Board voted 8-1 to reject a proposed policy change that would have eliminated language requiring students to stand during the pledge, even if they object from reciting the pledge because of religious reasons.
The issue came up in April when an Acadiana High School student was disciplined for sitting during the pledge. The Appignani Humanist Legal Center, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of religious and secular minorities, followed up on the student’s behalf by sending the district a letter condemning the policy.
As it stands now, the policy provides an exemption for students who refuse to recite the pledge because of religious reasons but still requires them to stand.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/16323974-77/bucking-legal-precedent-lafayette-school-board-refuses-to-change-policy-requiring-students-to-stand-
Lafayette Parish public school students will still be required to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance after the School Board declined Wednesday to align its pledge policy with court decisions that protect student speech.
The Lafayette Parish School Board voted 8-1 to reject a proposed policy change that would have eliminated language requiring students to stand during the pledge, even if they object from reciting the pledge because of religious reasons.
The issue came up in April when an Acadiana High School student was disciplined for sitting during the pledge. The Appignani Humanist Legal Center, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of religious and secular minorities, followed up on the student’s behalf by sending the district a letter condemning the policy.
As it stands now, the policy provides an exemption for students who refuse to recite the pledge because of religious reasons but still requires them to stand.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/16323974-77/bucking-legal-precedent-lafayette-school-board-refuses-to-change-policy-requiring-students-to-stand-