Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 6:70
Instruction
Teaching About Religions
The School District's curriculum may include the study of religions as they relate to geography, history,
culture, and the development of various ethnic groups. The study of religions shall give neither preferential
nor derogatory treatment to any single religious belief or to religion in general.
The study of religions shall be treated as an academic subject with no emphasis on the advancement or practice of religion.
LEGAL REF.: School District of Abington Twp v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963).
Allegheny County v. Pittsburgh ACLU, 446 A.2d 334, appeal after remand, 471
A.2d 28, cert. denied, 488 U.S. 815 (1989).
CROSS REF.: 6:40, 6:255
ADOPTED: December 8, 1997
REVIEWED: January 17, 2006
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