Education Week (10/4, Walsh) reports that the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran Church and School v. Perich, a case which "pits churches and religious schools against the federal government and civil rights groups. The high court is being asked to decide whether teachers at parochial schools-at least those who have a role in the religious formation of children-fall under a doctrine that exempts church ministers from protection under federal anti-discrimination laws." The piece explains that the case revolves around a legal principal called "ministerial exception," and that the US Solicitor General argues that "no such categorical exception exists, and that discrimination disputes between churches and employees with religious functions should be examined by courts on a case-by-case basis."
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