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Show TUE DAILY HER AID, Prwo. I tan, Friday. Febrary Page B4 2, H Nebo School Board OKs policy Controversy continues over police regarding constitutional freedoms actions against suspected truants By LAUREL BRADY Special to The Daily Herald School officials also may not religious beliefs and the freedom SALT LAKE CITY (AP) of conscience of both students and conduct or participate in those visiting Salt Lake City their parents. activities. school hours had better carduring Board member Kaye West wood The policy prohibits school told the board, "We need an inser-vicofficials and employees from ry proof they have a legitimate resession to bring our people up authorizing or encourage prayer or ason for being out of school or they to speed on this." She added the devotional activities in classes or nnay te handcuffed and hauled off to detention. policy is in response to legislation programs. Police have swept about 1,000 that has evolved through the state Members of performing groups truants off the streets in the past in the last few years, and agreed such as choirs may be required to four months, but not all who have with hoard members it will prove rehearse or perform in a or operated facility if the been grabbed were guilty. important, particularly in making Among the innocent was a sure that students are not penalied performance is not part of a relicollared as he walked for expressions of religious belief. gious service, the activity is not home from classes at Salt Lake The new policy permits the intended to further a religious Community College. study, performance or display of objective and is open to the gener"1 didn't feel like I should have religion, religious thoughts or al public. been harassed like that," said In regard to expression of perexpression and its influence, as Duran. "It was pretty Ricky is it is sonal achieve the beliefs by employees, long designed to too, because most of embarrassing, educational permissible objectives policy prohibits proselytizing were outside." my neighbors and is within the context of while acting in an official capacity Duran was humiliated further It allows the or influencing a student's religious approved curriculum. s he saw a when broadcast of beliefs use of as an study employthrough comparative religions that showed him being handcuffed. ee's position. It allows employees long as none is given inappropriate Some attorneys contend the in an official capacity to respond to emphasis, and prohibits exclusion incident was a violation of Duran's of aspects of heritage, theory or spontaneous questions from stuvalues that are theistic, agnostic dents about their personal belief or civil liberties. Teen-age- " The Nebo School Board has ' approved a policy recognizing constitutional freedoms in the According to the board, the adopted "in recognition of the importance of religious belief and. practice and the influence those beliefs have on concepts and interpretations relating to school curricula." The policy cautions school offias cials to be careful they remain neutral in matters relating to religion while striving to accommodate Utah's' Highway Death Toll As of January 26, 1996 Year'to Date 1996 - 11 - Total (995 Fatalities e church-owne- d TV-new- 15 Year to Date 1995 rs 321 and atheistic assumptions. Parents or students may request a waiver of participation in any activity they believe is an infringement on religious belief or right of conscience, and may also suggest an equivalent alternative. In addition, the policy forbids Driving Tip: If you are stuck, clear the snow and Ice In front of the wheels. Use LOW gear and pull out SLOWLY. Try applying the emergency brake and releasing it slowly while you attempt to pull out. Carry salt, sand, kitty litter or old pieces of carpet to place under the wheels for traction. . penalization of students who express personal beliefs of any kind unless the conduct interferes with order or discipline, threatens or violates concepts of appropriate civility or propriety. Students are permitted to initiate and conduct voluntary religious activities or exercise religious well-bein- freedom on school grounds during discretionary time. Bui individuals not enrolled as students may not conduct or participate in such activities. perspective, but prohibits advocating a belief or perspective. It requires exercise of due caution to explain or define personal religious beliefs or opinions about the rightfulness or wrongfulness of any religious beliefs, practices or the lack thereof. Even with the new policy in place, the board said simply removing students from objectionable classes isn't always the best solution. One mother related how she had worked with a history teacher to convince him to change his approach, which she considered negative and unpatriotic. Interested persons may obtain copies of the policy for further studv by contacting the district office at 798-400- 0. "If they (teen-ager- don't want s) these things to happen, there are certain measures they can take," said Sgt. Jim Faraone. "If they're on work release or on suspension, they simply have to have that doc- - schools outside the city so they can warn students about the policy. Duran got a college ID card Monday that he now carries wherever he goes. But Salt Lake attorney David Challid said there are many occasions when a student may not have a piece of paper to satisfy an officer. Nearly 100 youths within district boundaries are schooled at home. Another 75 are concurrently enrolled at SLCC. Some students schedules and are on year-roun-d their peers are while out of school in class. Dozens of students on any given day may stay home to care for a sick sibling or walk to an orthodontist's appointment. And students from other areas may visit the city on a day off or while on vacation with their parents. Challid said there is nothing wrong with stopping a young-lookin- g person on the street to ask ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) Now that women have been admitted to the St. George Elks Lodge, the organization has voted to close its subsidiary 1250 Club the club it so can private city's only apply for its own state liquor license. "We are going back to being an Elks lodge," said the organization's Exalted Ruler Sam Miera. "The only reason we went to the 1250 Club was so we could continue having a liquor license. "It has been understood the 1250 Club would only exist until we could return to being an Elks lodge again. It will close no matter ment regulated by the state" and subject to laws. The 1250 Club, which leases space inside the Elk's building, was created later that year to help the organization meet financial obligations and circumvent the statute, Miera said. But since the Elks voted to admit women at its national convention last July, the group wants to restrict lodge entrance to members only, Miera said. Members will decide in March, when the 1250 Club is scheduled to close, whether community organizations can continue to hold meetings there. The city allows one private club license per 15,000 residents. There will be a license available if the 1250 Club relinquishes its permit. City Attorney Gary Kuhlmann said. No other private club applications are pending. By The Associated Press Here is a list of actions Thursday on bills before the Utah Legislature. Bill sponsors are in paren- theses. v House Bills Introduced - Appropriates HB307 (Adair) $200,000 for drivers license encoding. flHB3()8 (Fox) Requiu. oetitioners seeking to include new lands 11. a water district to obtain the consent of the K A government in which the new lands are located. HB309 (Short) - Creates a sales tax amusement exemption for devices. HB3I0 (Wright) - Provides payment for the collection of certain used oils. HB31 (Jensen) - Creates a sales tax exemption for schcxil tees, deposits and rentals. HB3 2 (Fox) Provides for fair hearing officers to conduct hearings on the termination of school employees when agreed to by both sides. HB3 3 (Hatch) - Amends what can be incorporated by reference into an insurance policy. HB3I4 (Bodily) - Creates a retirement system for judges. HB3I5 (Alexander) - provides that school district superintendents shall be appointed on the basis of outstanding professional qualifications. HB316 (Valentine) - Enacts the uniform statutory rule against perpetuities as it relates to the probate code. HB3 7 (Curtis) Transfers the regulation of bail bondsmen to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing. HB3I8 (Adair) Prohibits from driving in the left lane of highways with two or more lanes of traffic in each direction. -- p i It 8Ioo 0 "ft n 0 r. rI U -- ft ft ti tt U flfc.U.Mi.ff,,, , -- " U -- IJ J' ., if - 1 -- -- .... tBmHKMW -- MohtJJy ccIIuUk service hs ooj is $19.95," include 15 Ksittjfcs &cR hohtk addition! locij brawls 2 yust 39$ e&cl. Ukick Activate ' No lot Htk wcr credit cij"d uitkx plsotv dk aoj tertr cohNhitheht, c&tcel Jaytihe! -- 1 - - semi-traile- nokia? uajity pkotves frot rs HB319 (Hickman) Appropriates $900,000 for a transportation investment study. HB320 (Bresnahan) - Requires that commercial surveys of the listenership of radio or television stations include in the results which stations were included and which were not. HB321 (Valentine) - Establishes a time limit within which health care provider panels must be conducted. HB322 (Waddoups) - Exempts motor carriers engaged in interstate commerce from county emissions inspection requirements. House Bills Introduced Earlier This Week but omitted from calendar HB290 (Hickman) - Creates a Tax Elimination Blue Ribbon Committee and appropriates $3 ,000 to the committee. HB291 (Alexander) Creates a sales tax exemption for car washes. HB292 (Barth) Creates the Utah Child Fatality Review Committee. Senate Bills Introduced SB 74 (Holmgren) - Amends the definition of small employer as it relates to insurance laws. SB 75 (Myrin) - Clarifies that public sports entities are not commissions, boards or committees of municipalities. SB 76 (Watson) - Subjects municipalities to blue stake requirements related to the protection of underground utilities. SB 77 (Blackham) - Changes the responsibilities of the Legislative Process Committee and outlines a process for oversight and sunset reviews of certain agencies and licensing acts. SCR3 (Howell) - Resolution encouraging county election clerks to print voting ballots in braille for people who are blind. -- -- -- -- 1 - coin-operat- - -- -- -- 1 -- -- Utah Valley Symphony V resents Question? GJI The Vrovo Senior (Cldred) Center's Anniversary Concert He Affordable FVkUe Pay Less Drug Stores iplbertscns Jcv Bsrt Sports L Orem Office Supply wmenoan rooo (Or em) . subject to Artivatim eppfi nrJiri; ntump ' hnttmv1 lot - of credit, see price plans fey Gorilla Bike & Fitness Office Mart jlaMe at (elected stores) - Rajg pjgn avatorjkty.' Inkley's ProGolf Ernst Mail Boxes Etc. (Available at sriccted stores) rhainpr anri sprvmp artruatim for more details. Visa. American -- youth-resourc- es low-priori- ty : i 7 X WVA ST Ron Dallin Foundation names chair The Utah Valley State College Foundation has elected Ron Dallin as its new chair to provide leadership in the advancement of the school's programs and educational services. Dallin has served on the foundation's board since June 1992. He has also served as the chair of the college's gifts and grants committee. Dallin owns Storehouse Markets. As foundation chair, Dallin will focus on assisting UVSC to become a more integral part of the community. He will also lead the foundation in its three-yedrive to raise $24 million in the school's "Focus on the Future" capital campaign. "Ron Dallin is an individual with a lot of energy. It is his leadership, skills and commitment to UVSC that inspired board members to unanimously elect him as chair," said Cory Duckworth, associate vice president for . Lcniclativo Action . ' a few questions. But "there are before handfew you things just a cuff a kid and put him in the car ' . . you can do to verify the story.",-not does have officer If an gefod ; reason to believe a teen has broken; t the law, he legally cannot detain him. "That's what we call false imprisonment," said Challid, who specializes in school law and has cases. worked on civil-righ- ts "There are all kinds of ways to comply with the U.S. Constitution, but you can't shortcut it."' Officers in St. Petersburg, Fla., where a truancy program has been in place for a decade, use their radios to check teens' stories. Lt. Tom Gavin, commander of that city's section, said an officer would use a frequency to call a dispatcher, who would check school records to see if a student had an excuse for being on the street. "We check it out right there," he said. "It would take a few more min . utes," but it avoids the problem of involuntary detention. The officer who handcuffed' Duran could have done the same thing. Elks to close subsidiary what." The Elks Lodge surrendered its liquor license over two years ago after former St. George resident Sandra Benyon sued the organization over denying her membership. The Utah Supreme Court in 1993 ruled a liquor license made the lodge "a business establish Give & Jiffeptat KmI of MM ument that says that's the case." Many schools in the Salt Lake City School District have posted signs that say students should carry a pass if they leave the grounds, and the district is contacting other Egress, MasterCard, and Discover Dr. &yn D. Barms, fionJurtor Sunday, Feb. 4th, 1996 3:00 p.m. featuring Local Youth Artists Ylo Gharge T) IjTrf V--Z- jS t Refreshments Public Is Invited 270 Wwt 500 T-- ort!1, r. mo ar institutional advancement. "As the college continues to grow, Dallin will help our resources grow as well." Official: Space flight 'a success' LOGAN (AP) A Utah State University official says he considers the abandoned Skipper space mission a success even though its solar panels failed and is seeking funding for a duplicate, mission. M. K. Jeppesen, USU director of contracts and grants, said his office is talking with potential funding sources within the federal government that would pay to send another satellite into orbit. "From all indications it appears we might be able to do that,".he-said- . "We are optimistic." A $7 million federal contract from the U.S. Defense Depart-- ; ment's Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funded the Skipper satellite. The satellite was launched in December aboard a Russian spacecraft in a joint project with the university. Scientists at the university's-SpacDynamics Laboratory lost' all communication with the satellite the day after it was launched when its solar energy panels failed-trecharge the battery. Officials at the space lab Wednesday confirmed the mission has been abandoned. But Jeppesen remains ' . opti- mistic about the university's future projects. "It is the type of problem that has nothing to do with the science or technology of the program,", hi ' " said. |
