Can private schools refuse my childs religious exemption or question my sincere religious conflict with vaccination?
No. Private K-12 schools, including parochial schools, may not discriminate against students who have religious exemption certifications. Any argument that a private school is a private business which may establish its own admission rules and is also exempt from religious discrimination laws is directly refuted by the relevant FlOrida Statutes. Florida law mandates the perameters of private school vaccination policies and mandates that they be consistent with the public school policies. In relevant part, Florida Statute Section 1003.
No. Private schools, including parochial schools, may not discriminate against students who have authorized religious exemptions. Florida statute 1003.22 Section (4) expressly applies to both public and private K-12 schools: (4) Each district school board and the governing authority of each private school shall establish and enforce as policy that, prior to admittance to or attendance in a public or private school, grades kindergarten through 12, each child present or have on file with the school a certification of immunization. It may be argued that a private school is a private business which may establish its own admission policies and is also exempt from religious discrimination laws. Florida statute 1002.42, which establishes licensing rules for private schools, mandates in section (6) that a private school shall require a student to present a certificate of immunization in accordance with the provisions of 1003.22, which provides for a religious exemption. Thus, private schools a
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