Texas chaplains caution state’s school boards against creating chaplain programs in public schools
A coalition of Texas chaplains say that training for the chaplaincy counsels against providing such support for school-aged children.
Federal appeals court upholds Connecticut’s removal of religious exemption from vaccination requirement for schoolchildren
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to a recent Connecticut law removing religious exemptions from the state’s vaccination mandate for schoolchildren.
Appeals court vacates earlier decision upholding school district’s pronoun policy, sends back to trial court in light of Supreme Court’s recent Title VII ruling
The Court clarified that the standard an employer must meet for establishing an “undue hardship” is not the “de minimis cost” test used by courts for many years – including by the 7th Circuit in Kluge – but is instead whether a religious accommodation would “result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business.”
Guam joins Oklahoma in approving government-funded religious charter schools after legislature overrides governor’s veto
The question of whether the First Amendment allows for publicly funded religious charter schools may make its way to the Supreme Court before long.
EEOC Report: COVID-19 vaccine-related employment disputes fuel surge of religious discrimination claims
The EEOC report suggests in a footnote that a “significant increase in vaccine-related charges filed on the basis of religion” is responsible for the spike in religion cases generally.
Federal judge rejects teacher’s request on religious freedom grounds to halt policy requiring teachers to use students’ preferred name and pronouns
In rejecting the request for a preliminary injunction, the court emphasized that the policy impacts the teacher’s speech only in her official capacity as public school employee, not her private expression.
