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Ruling On Schools
Goes To Court
Washington (JTA) — The
Supreme Court has agreed
to decide the fate of a New
York school district set up
for disabled Chasidic chil-
dren that has been called
unconstitutional.
The high court said that it
would review a July decision
by the New York Court of
Appeals. The appeals court
had ruled that the state
legislature's formation of
the district was unconstitu-
tional because it violates the
separation between church
and state.
"Now there is the chance
that the Supreme Court will
restore for the handicapped
children the services that
they are entitled to," said
David Zwiebel, general
counsel of the fervently Or-
thodox Agudath Israel.
But the case may have
broader significance than
aid to a New York school
district.
It may provide an oppor-
tunity for the court to re-
examine the legal standard
it has used for over two
decades to decide how far the
government may go in ac-
commodating religious
needs without breeching the
constitutional divide bet-
ween church and state.
Formed by the New York
State Legislature in 1989,
the school district provides
services to emotionally and
physically disabled children
in the Orange County
village of Kiryas Joel, where
most of the residents are
Satmar Chasidim.
Nearly all of the 220
students attending the
school, which opened in
1990, are Chasidic.
The legislature acted in
response to Chasidic parents
who believed they could not
send their disabled children
to religious schools in the
area because of inadequate
facilities, or to public schools
because of religious and
cultural differences.
The lawsuit was originally
brought by two taxpayers.
The appeals court ruled in
July, in Grumet vs. Board of
Education of the Kiryas Joel
School District, that the
formation of the school
district "inescapably con-
veys a message of govern-
mental endorsement of re-
ligion."
The school district argued
that no such message was
sent because the subject
matter taught at the school
is entirely secular.
New York state joined the
school district in appealing
the case to the Supreme
Court.
Gov. Mario Cuomo said in
New York that "when I
signed the legislation in
1989 creating this special
school district, I did so be-
cause I believed it was a
good-faith effort to solve a
unique problem of providing
secular education for special
needs children."
"I'm pleased that the
Supreme Court has taken
the case," said Nathan
Lewin, attorney for the
school district.
"State laws should not be
invalidated because they in
some indirect way assist in
religious practice," he said.
Mr. Lewin said the
Supreme Court signaled in
tY'Tyo.
Mario Cuomo:
Approved special school district.
July it was interested in the
matter when it allowed the
district to continue
operating during the appeal
process.
Several mainstream Jew-
ish organizations disagreed
with the Orthodox commun-
ity and had applauded the
lower court's decision as
strengthening the separa-
tion of church and state.
The American Jewish
Congress and the Anti-
Defamation League each
had released statements
after the decision, calling for
the government to remain
neutral with respect to re-
ligion in all circumstances.
If the Supreme Court finds
the district unconstitutional,
however, other constitu-
tional methods should be
considered to accommodate
the disabled students, said
Marc Stern, co-director of
legal affairs for
AJCongress.