A federal appeals court has ruled for a Texas public school teacher who was denied the chance for a promotion after she refused to withdraw her children from a private religious school.
In 1998, Karen Jo Barrow was denied an interview for an assistant principal’s job with the Greenville Independent School District after she refused to take her children out of Greenville Christian School and enroll them in a public school.
Two years later, Barrow filed suit against the school district.
In its Oct. 23 ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the rule “is simply more invasive of parental rights and less clearly tied to the public school’s management of its students and educational program” than the law allowed. (RNS)
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