Ware v. Valley Stream High School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The primary issue to be resolved on this appeal is whether certain regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Education of the State of New York (hereinafter the Commissioner) requiring all primary and secondary school students to receive instruction with regard to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (hereinafter AIDS), and alcohol and drug abuse, impermissibly violate, inter alia, the appellants’ First Amendment right to freely exercise their religious beliefs (US Const 1st Amend). Under the facts and circumstances of this case, we conclude that there are compelling…
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