The state of California is being served after three sets of Jewish parents demand equal access and benefits for their children with disabilities to special needs education funding.
null / Credit: Cherries/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Mar 15, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).A group of Jewish parents filed a lawsuit Monday against the California Department of Education, calling for the state to provide religious schools with equal access to special needs education funding for their students.Under California law, federal and state special education funding is available to public schools and secular private schools. However, state law prohibits these funds from going to private religious schools, such as the Orthodox Jewish schools these California parents want their children to attend. The prohibition also applies to Catholic schools, Protestant Christian schools, Muslim schools, and any other religiously affiliated school."It takes a special kind of chutzpah to deny Jewish kids with disabilities equal access to special education benefits," Eric Rassbach, vice president and senior counsel at Becket, said in a statement. Becket, which provides pro bono lega
Three Jewish couples and two Orthodox Jewish schools have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that California discriminates against religious children with disabilities and their schools.
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