The decision Thursday strikes down a key provision of new rules that strengthened the state's oversight of such schools, including those specializing in religious education.
A yeshiva school bus drives through Borough Park on September 12, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Parents cannot be required to pull their children from private schools in New York that fail to meet state-designated standards, a judge decided, striking down a key provision of rules recently passed to strengthen oversight of such schools, including those specializing in religious education.
Opponents in the ultra-Orthodox community say the rules improperly target yeshivas, some of which focus intently on religious instruction with far less teaching in secular subjects such as English, math and science. People without masks walk past a yeshiva school bus in Borough Park as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 25, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo bySpecifically, she said education officials lack legal authority to make parents take their children out of schools that fall short of the requirements, and they don't have the authority to order that those schools be closed.
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