The Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) board at its Oct. 28 meeting discussed a new policy that would prohibit district staff from engaging in “religious indoctrination” and require parents and guardians to be given the option to opt out of any instruction based on their religious beliefs.
The policy stems from a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, which held that not providing guardians with those options constituted a violation of their religious freedoms under the First Amendment.
