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Jasmine Garcia

Robert Shkorupa

EDU 210-3001

21 February 2019

Points to Ponder

2. Being asked to lead the class in prayer after an accident kills a student is not an easy question

to answer. Prayer and religion are not allowed in school, but I would encourage a moment of

silence. This gives the students a chance to pray, meditate, or just think about their friend which

they’ve lost. This would also help not to impose any set of beliefs onto any other students who

don’t follow a religion.

3. The senior class’ prayer was not led by school faculty. I believe it’s fine that the prayer was

led by students and no one was forced into participating in it. The school was not aware of the

students’ decision to organize a prayer although, if they were aware of it, I don’t believe they

would have had the right to stop the students from expressing their own freedom of religion.

4. To answer the question on whether the school should provide school funds for their religious

group is simple. It might be able to get some funding because it is a student club/activity. All

clubs should be treated equally and receive the same benefits and rights. In these scenarios, I

would suggest the students hold a fundraiser to come up with more funding if they need it as

well. The group can meet in the same times and areas as other students because they have a

freedom of religious expression and can meet anywhere any other student clubs meet.

Prince v Jacoby, 303 F.3d 1074 (9th Cir. 2002)

Tasha Prince and other students established a Christian Bible club called the “World

Changers.” World Changers purpose is to address issues of interest to students from a religious
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perspective, including service to the student body and the community, diversity and acceptance

of all people, helping students to cope with daily pressures, as well as “celebrating” and

“sharing” the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The School District denied Prince's attempt to form the

club as an officially recognized ASB non-curriculum related club. Prince, through counsel, wrote

to the School District suggesting that the refusal to recognize the World Changers as an ASB

group violated the Act. In response, the School District stated that under District Policy 5525,

religious organizations could be formed only as Policy 5525 clubs. After the school denied her

second request to form as an ASB group, Prince applied to form her club as a Policy 5525 group.

After reviewing the case and its decision, I agree with the conclusion. These students had

a right to exercise their rights to form a club and be treated the same way as any other club

regardless of their religious affiliation. But they did not qualify under the same ASB (Associate

Student Body) laws because it violates one of the policies stating that a club does not require

students to participate in any religious activity. This is a religious club. The School District

stated that Prince is welcome to form the World Changers as a Policy 5525 group. I believe that

curriculum-based clubs hold more weight and value than non-curriculum based clubs.