Being Aware by Whitney Beck https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq Attendance & Medical Exemptions in School: Wisconsin v. Yoder and Prince v. Massachusetts en-us 2019-03-18 23:17:14 UTC 2025-04-19 15:52:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Compulsory Attendance Laws wabeck https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/343700906
§ 22.1-254. Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article.

B. A school board shall excuse from attendance at school:

1. Any pupil who, together with his parents, by reason of bona fide religious training or belief is conscientiously opposed to attendance at school. For purposes of this subdivision, "bona fide religious training or belief" does not include essentially political, sociological or philosophical views or a merely personal moral code; (§ 22.1-254. of the Code of Virginia). 



]]> 2019-03-21 10:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/343700906 Synthesis wabeck https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/343701119 ·     Statutory standards are in place within public schools to safeguard students from diseases that are avertible with the use of vaccines.
·     The Code of Virginia states that all students are to receive required immunizations before enrolling in public schools (§ 22.1-271.2. of the Code of Virginia). 
·     Students that have incomplete immunization records can still be admitted into school on a temporary basis as long as they have documentation of a scheduled appointment within 90 days of enrollment.
·     The Code of Virginia states that immunizations will not be required for students if it conflicts with religious practices or might be detrimental to a student’s health (§ 22.1-271.2. of the Code of Virginia).
·     According to the Administrative Code of Virginia school “administration may change an unexcused absence to an excused absence when it determines that the parent has provided an acceptable reason” (8VAC20-730-10. Definitions).
]]> 2019-03-21 10:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/343701119 Additional Cases wabeck https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/343701421 -Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments (Madison, 1785)

 -Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom (Jefferson, 1786)

-West Virginia State Board of Education. v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

-Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)]]> 2019-03-21 10:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/343701421 References wabeck https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/343701972 Administrative Code.  8VAC20-730-10. Retrieved from https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title8/agency20/chapter730/section10/

Code of Virginia § 22.1-254.  Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article.
     https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title22.1/chapter14/section22.1-254/

Code of Virginia § 22.1-271.2. Immunization requirements. Retrieved from https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title22.1/chapter14/section22.1-271.2/

Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)

Fitzpatrick, B., & Shaw, T. M. (n.d.). THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv/the-equal-protection-clause/clause/20

Jefferson, T. (1786). Virginia statute for religious freedom. Retrieved from http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/virginia-statute-for-religious-freedom/

Madison, J. (1785). Memorial and remonstrance against religious assessments. Retrieved from http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/memorial-and-remonstrance-against-
     religious-assessments/

Prince v. Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158 (1944)

West Virginia State Board of Education. v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
]]> 2019-03-21 10:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/343701972 Comparison of the Cases pascue https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/344403751 Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) 
Prince v. Massachusetts (1944)]]> 2019-03-22 23:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/344403751 plascue https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/344404935 Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972)

  • The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
  • The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Compulsory Attendance
  • Child Labor Laws
  • U.S. Supreme Court Landmark Case
  • Relevance to current school policies
]]> 2019-03-22 23:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/344404935 plascue https://padlet.com/wabeck/9aquqdfmigcq/wish/344406562 Prince v. Massachusetts (1944)
Prince v. Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158 (1944)

  • The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Compulsory Attendance
  • Child Labor Laws
  • Relevance to current school policies
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  • Students and families are free to take part in their religious practices

Virginia Code § 22.1-271.2. Immunization requirements. Subsection C and Equal Protection Clause
  • Immunization exemption
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