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IT IS OKAY |
IT’S NOT OKAY |
| To allow students to distribute religious or
freethought literature to their schoolmates on the same terms as they are
permitted to distribute other literature that is unrelated to school
curriculum or activities [USDE] |
To prevent students (at recess or before or
after school or during times free of curricular activity) from discussing
their faith with others so as long as they are not infringing on rights of
others by doing so [FCG] |
| To impose the same reasonable time, place, and
manner or other constitutional restrictions on distribution of religious
or freethought literature as on non-school literature generally [USDE] |
To single out religious literature for special
regulation [USDE] |
| To limit student religious expression if it
substantially interferes with or disrupts the school's activities or if it
involves coercive proselytizing [ADL-with court citation
1] |
To prohibit students from praying, reading
their scriptures as long as they are not disrupting or infringing on
rights of others [FCG] |
| To be uninvolved either in observing or
assessing children’s conformity to their religious obligations |
To monitor a child’s compliance with a
particular religious requirement of a religion or family. Enforcing
religious obligations such as prayer, dietary restrictions, or wearing a
head covering is the responsibility of parents, not teachers. [TGRPS] |