TX AG: religious schools exempt from public health closures

[essentialsaltes]

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While local health officials have the authority to keep school districts closed for in-person instruction through the fall, Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a letter to schools Friday that private religious schools are free to decide for themselves whether to reopen.

Last week, the state's education agency released an order requiring schools to open their buildings to in-person instruction five days a week for all students who want it. Following backlash, on Friday, Texas officials said school districts will be allowed to delay on-campus instruction for at least four weeks, and ask for waivers to continue remote instruction for up to four additional weeks in areas hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

On Wednesday, TEA officials confirmed that school districts wouldn't be penalized for barring students on campuses if local health officials mandated that schools stay closed, as long as remote instruction is offered.

Already, local health officials in counties, including Dallas and El Paso, have issued mandates barring in-person classes for public and private schools in their jurisdictions at least through August and in some cases to the end of September.

 

[istodolez]

Guess this is a case of: "Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius"

 

[DaisyDay]

It was the religious schools, the yeshivas, that helped spread the virus here in NY. Earlier, they were responsible for the measles epidemic here.

The exemption does not seem reasonable to me - religious instruction in no way protects against the spread of disease.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

It was the religious schools, the yeshivas, that helped spread the virus here in NY. Earlier, they were responsible for the measles epidemic here.

The exemption does not seem reasonable to me - religious instruction in no way protects against the spread of disease.

Pandemics and Jews, they go hand in hand. It’s not the China virus, it’s the Jew virus. Why won’t someone do something about our Jewish problem?

 

[Jonathan Walkerin]

The exemption does not seem reasonable to me - religious instruction in no way protects against the spread of disease.

To even things out perhaps those infected students and their family members could only be treated in religious buildings instead of hospitals.

Fair is fair.

Prayer should replace a breathing machine handily.

 

[variant]

It was the religious schools, the yeshivas, that helped spread the virus here in NY. Earlier, they were responsible for the measles epidemic here.

The exemption does not seem reasonable to me - religious instruction in no way protects against the spread of disease.

The exception would only be reasonable if the virus itself respected religious beliefs.

 

[Speedwell]

It was the religious schools, the yeshivas, that helped spread the virus here in NY. Earlier, they were responsible for the measles epidemic here.

The exemption does not seem reasonable to me - religious instruction in no way protects against the spread of disease.

What disease? The whole disease thing is an atheistic left-wing hoax to shut down religious activities. And don't laugh or mark the post "funny." It's not funny because people actually believe that. Large portions of Trump's supporters believe it, including high-ranking local, state and national government officials. People who post here believe it.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The exemption does not seem reasonable to me - religious instruction in no way protects against the spread of disease.

Reason has nothing to do with it. It's all about the turn that religious 'freedom' has taken recently. 'Religious companies' like Hobby Lobby don't have to obey healthcare and employment laws, so why should religious schools have to obey public health measures?

 

[MIDutch]

Me, personally, I'm okay with this. Just as long as they contain any coronavirus outbreaks within their own religious communities.

If they want to be stupid, who am I to disagree.

 

[Desk trauma]

Me, personally, I'm okay with this. Just as long as they contain any coronavirus outbreaks within their own religious communities.

How would that work? They are not living in self contained communities that they don’t leave.

 

[KCfromNC]

How would that work? They are not living in self contained communities that they don’t leave.

We could use history as an example and restrict the movements of families who send their kids to these religious schools. "Encourage" them to stay in their own religious enclaves using the force of the state. Not allow them to interact with the rest of society. And certainly not use the medical facilities outside their religious containment zones.